Umbilicus Definition

ŭm-bĭlĭ-kəs, ŭmbə-līkəs
umbilici
noun
umbilici

Navel.

Webster's New World
A navel-like depression, as the hilum of a seed.
Webster's New World

(anatomy) Navel.

Wiktionary

(botany) Hilum.

Wiktionary

(zoology) Either of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.

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Other Word Forms of Umbilicus

Noun

Singular:
umbilicus
Plural:
umbilici, umbilicuses

Origin of Umbilicus

  • Latin umbilīcus nobh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin umbilÄ«cus (“navel").

    From Wiktionary

Umbilicus Sentence Examples

  • Monodonta, no jaws, spire not prominent, no umbilicus, columella toothed.

  • Cotyledon, a widely distributed genus with about 90 species, is represented in the British Isles by C. Umbilicus, pennywort, or navelwort, which takes its name from the succulent peltate leaves.

  • C. Umbilicus is a hardy British plant, with queer rounded leaves almost like a tiny mushroom, and greenish-yellow flowers in June.

  • There are 50 to 100 ventral pleats, from the chin to the umbilicus or slightly beyond the mid line.

  • Shell with very low spire, without umbilicus, internal partitions frequently absorbed; a single ctenidium; a cephalic penis present.

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