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umbilicus

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
umbilicus /ʌmˈbɪlɪkəs, ˌʌmbɪˈlʌɪkəs/

▶noun (pl. umbilici /-sʌɪ/ or umbilicuses)

1 Anatomy the navel.

2 Zoology a central depression or hole in the whorl of some gastropod molluscs and many ammonites.

3 Zoology a hole at each end of the hollow shaft of a feather.

– origin C17: from L.: rel. to Gk omphalos, also to navel.

'umbilicus' also found in these Oxford entries:

navel - pennywort - umbilical - umbilicate

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