Definition of umbrella

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Umbrella (n.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish..

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Subundation :: Subumbrella (n.) The integument of the under surface of the bell, or disk-shaped body, of a jellyfish..
Tip :: Tip (n.) An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc..
Umbrella :: Umbrella (n.) 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..
Nectocalyx :: Nectocalyx (n.) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.
Talipot :: Talipot (n.) A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle..
Runner :: Runner (n.) The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
Umbrel :: Umbrel (n.) An umbrella.
Rib :: Rib (n.) One of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is extended.
Umbrella :: Umbrella (n.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish..
Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand..
Umbraculiform :: Umbraculiform (a.) Having the form of anything that serves to shade, as a tree top, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Bot.), having the form of an umbrella; umbrella-shaped..
Parasol :: Parasol (n.) A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.
Parachute :: Parachute (n.) A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence..
Umbrella :: Umbrella (n.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell..
Toadstool :: Toadstool (n.) A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter..
Umbraculiferous :: Umbraculiferous (a.) Bearing something like an open umbrella.
Elkwood :: Elkwood (n.) The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia (M. Umbrella)..
Tschego :: Tschego (n.) A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also tscheigo, tschiego, nschego, nscheigo..
Velum :: Velum (n.) The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae.
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