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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various small fishes of the family Umbridae, living in muddy streams, ponds, and wetlands in the Northern Hemishere and often used as bait.

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  • Any of several carnivorous freshwater fishes of the genus Umbra, able to survive low oxygen concentrations and very low temperatures.

    August 3, 2008