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Ursula
  1. A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia astyanax syn. Limenitis astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also red-spotted purple.
Ursuline
  1. One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from St. Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The order was introduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the United States in 1727. The members are devoted entirely to education.
Urticaceous
  1. Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceae) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants.
Urtical
  1. Resembling nettles; -- said of several natural orders allied to urticaceous plants.
Urubu
  1. The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the Southern United States to South America. See Vulture.
Urva
  1. The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder.
Usager
  1. One who has the use of anything in trust for another.
Usant
  1. Using; accustomed.
Usbeks
  1. A Turkish tribe which about the close of the 15th century conquered, and settled in, that part of Asia now called Turkestan.
Usherance
  1. The act of ushering, or the state of being ushered in.