UMBRA


Meaning of UMBRA in English

ˈəmbrə noun

( plural umbras -brəz ; or um·brae -ˌbrē, -rī ; except sense 5 )

Etymology: Latin

1.

a. : ghost , phantom

a spectral umbra pointing heavenward — Walter Besant & James Rice

b. : one that tags along with another : shadow 10a

the dependable umbra of the guest of honor

2. : a shaded area : darkness

sealed off in the umbra beyond the flame tips — Robert Hazel

3.

a. : a shadow excluding all light from a given source ; specifically : the part of the shadow of a celestial body having all the light from the primary source geometrically excluded and having a conical shape in bodies of the solar system — compare penumbra 1

b.

(1) : penumbra 2

(2) : the central dark part of a sunspot

4. : any of several food fishes of the genus Umbrina ; especially : a Mediterranean food fish ( U. cirrhosa ) that is much esteemed as a market fish

5. capitalized

[New Latin, from Latin, shade, shadow, grayling, umbra]

: a genus (the type of the family Umbridae) of small bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes containing the mudminnows of northern No. America and southeastern Europe

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