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obumbrant

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ob⋅um⋅brant

  [ob-uhm-bruhnt]
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–adjective Zoology.
overhanging; projecting over another part.
Origin:
1820–30; < L obumbrant- (s. of obumbrāns) (prp. of obumbrāre to overshadow), equiv. to ob- ob- + umbr(āre) to shade (deriv. of umbra shadow) + -ant- -ant
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