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umbrella-like

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umbrella (ʌmˈbrɛlə)
 
n
1.  a portable device used for protection against rain, snow, etc, and consisting of a light canopy supported on a collapsible metal frame mounted on a central rod
2.  the flattened cone-shaped contractile body of a jellyfish or other medusa
3.  a protective shield or screen, esp of aircraft or gunfire
4.  anything that has the effect of a protective screen or cover
5.  a.  any system or agency that provides centralized organization or general cover for a group of related companies, organizations, etc: dance umbrella
 b.  (as modifier): an umbrella fund; umbrella group
 
[C17: from Italian ombrella, diminutive of ombra shade; see umbra]
 
um'brella-like
 
adj

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Umbrella-like is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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