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Definition of umbilicus noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

umbilicus

noun

/ʌmˈbɪlɪkəs/,

/ˌʌmbɪˈlaɪkəs/

/ʌmˈbɪlɪkəs/,

/ˌʌmbɪˈlaɪkəs/

(plural umbilici

/ʌmˈbɪlɪsaɪ/,

/ʌmˈbɪlɪkaɪ/,

/ˌʌmbɪˈlaɪsaɪ/,

/ˌʌmbɪˈlaɪkaɪ/

/ʌmˈbɪlɪsaɪ/,

/ʌmˈbɪlɪkaɪ/,

/ˌʌmbɪˈlaɪsaɪ/,

/ˌʌmbɪˈlaɪkaɪ/

, umbilicuses)

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the navel
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin: related to Greek omphalos, also to navel.

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