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UMBILICUS

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Irregular inflected form: umbilici  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A scar where the umbilical cord was attachedplay

Example:

she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton

Synonyms:

belly button; bellybutton; navel; omphalos; omphalus; umbilicus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("umbilicus" is a kind of...):

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

Holonyms ("umbilicus" is a part of...):

abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)

Derivation:

umbilical (relating to or resembling the umbilicus)

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