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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of sciænoid fishes, having the dorsals contiguous, the second dorsal much larger than the anal, vertebræ about 10 abdominal and 14 caudal, lower jaw not projecting, hypopharyngeals distinct, a single barbel, an air-bladder, and two anal spines. The type is Sciæna cirrhosa of Linnæus, now U. cirrosa. Species are found in most warm seas. U. broussoneti inhabits West Indian and Florida waters. U. roncador, the yellow-finned roncador of the Pacific coast, is one of the handsomest sciænoids, about 15 inches long.
- n. [lowercase] A fish of this genus; an umbra or umbrine.
- n. In entomology, a genus of dipterous insects.
WordNet 3.0
- n. croakers.
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“The western swamp turtle (Pseudemydura umbrina, CR), a member of an endemic, monotypic, genus, is the most threatened reptile in Australia and is one of the 25 most threatened freshwater turtles in the world.”
“These swamps provide habitat for the critically endangered western swamp tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina) which is found only in this ecoregion and may be Australia's rarest reptile.”
“Spores of _Bacidia umbrina_ to illustrate the several-celled, hyaline, hamate or spirally twisted type.”
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V
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