ullet (ulet)

[A dial. form of owlet.] A howlet or hoot-owl; specifically, the tawny, brown, or wood owl, Strix (or Syrnium ) aluco. Ullmannia (ul-man'i-ä), n. [NL., named after J. C. Ullmann, a German mineralogist and statesman (1771-1821).] The name given by Göppert (in 1850) to a fo il plant previously considered to belong to the Algæ, but now placed among the conifers. Only leaves and stems of this plant, found chiefly in the Permian, are as yet known, which is placed by Schenk, together with Walchia and Pagiophyllum, in the family Walchieæ.