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    umbrella bird
    [ noun ]
    black tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattle
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    Umbrella \Um*brel"la\, n. [It. umbrella, fr. ombra a shade, L.
    umbra; cf. L. umbella a sunshade, a parasol. Cf. {Umbel},
    {Umbrage}.]
    1. A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for
    sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from
    rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other
    fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other
    elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick
    by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of
    being opened and closed with ease. See {Parasol}.

    Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. --Gay.

    2. (Zo["o]l.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a
    jellyfish.

    3. (Zo["o]l.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the
    genus {Umbrella}, having an umbrella-shaped shell; --
    called also {umbrella shell}.

    {Umbrella ant} (Zo["o]l.), the sauba ant; -- so called
    because it carries bits of leaves over its back when
    foraging. Called also {parasol ant}.

    {Umbrella bird} (Zo["o]l.), a South American bird
    ({Cephalopterus ornatus}) of the family {Cotingid[ae]}. It
    is black, with a large handsome crest consisting of a mass
    of soft, glossy blue feathers curved outward at the tips.
    It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long,
    cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy
    feathers. Called also {dragoon bird}.

    {Umbrella leaf} (Bot.), an American perennial herb
    ({Dyphylleia cymosa}), having very large peltate and lobed
    radical leaves.

    {Umbrella shell}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Umbrella}, 3.

    {Umbrella tree} (Bot.), a kind of magnolia ({Magnolia
    Umbrella}) with the large leaves arranged in umbrellalike
    clusters at the ends of the branches. It is a native of
    Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky. Other plants in
    various countries are called by this name, especially a
    kind of screw pine ({Pandanus odoratissimus}).

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