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Meaning of 'umbilicus' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Umbilicus [ 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.
- An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.
- The hilum.
- A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.
- Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.
- One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve.
- 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.

Meaning of 'umbilicus' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . umbilicus [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
Example in sentence:
  • she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton;
  • they argued whether or not Adam had a navel;
  • you were not supposed to show your navel on television

Nearby Words:

umbe umbecast umbel umbellar umbellate umbellated umbellet umbellic umbellifer umbelliferone

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