umbilicus
n.
navel, place where the umbilical cord was attached (Anatomy); structure resembling a navel (Botany, Zoology)
Umbilicus
Umbilicus
umbilicus
Noun
1. scar where the umbilical cord was attached
(synonym) navel, bellybutton, omphalos, omphalus
(hypernym) point
(part-holonym) abdomen, venter, stomach, belly
Umbilicus
(n.)
The hilum.
(n.)
The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel.
(n.)
One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve.
(n.)
Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.
(n.)
An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.
(n.)
A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at an umbilicus. Called also umbilic.
(n.)
A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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