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parachute (medicine) and carabiniere (iou)


parachute (medicine)


parachute


1. A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.

2. <zoology> A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister. Parachutist; parachuting. Parachute = verb

Origin: F, fr. Paper to ward off, guard + chute a fall. See Parry, and Chute, Chance.

Source: Websters Dictionary


carabiniere (iou)



carabiniere noun. . M19.
[Italian, lit. = CARABINEER.]
An Italian soldier in a corps serving as a police force.