- (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.
- (n.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell.
- (n.) The umbrellalike disk or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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