umbilicus (redirected from umbilicuses)

um·bil·i·cus  (m-bl-ks, mb-lks)

n. pl. um·bil·i·ci (-s)

1. See navel.

2. 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.

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[Latin umbilcus; see nobh- in Indo-European roots.]

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umbilicus [um-bill-ik-kuss]

Noun

Anat the navel [Latin: navel, centre]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

umbilicus - a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton" belly button, bellybutton, navel, omphalos, omphalus abdomen, belly, stomach, venter - the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"