Words Like UMBILICUS
We have put together a list of words that are similar to UMBILICUS.
5 Alternative Words Similar to umbilicus
2 examples of umbilicus
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she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton
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they argued whether or not Adam had a navel
10 definitions of umbilicus
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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; the belly button, in humans.
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An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.
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A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.
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Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.
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One of the foci of an ellipse, or other curve.
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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.
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a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
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Biology A small opening or depression similar to a navel, as the hollow at the base of the shell of some gastropod mollusks, one of the openings in the shaft of a feather, or the hilum of a seed.