umbilicus
/ʌmbɪˈlʌɪkəs/ · noun
Meaning
- Navel
- Hilum
- A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.
- Either of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.
- A tube connecting an astronaut or spacecraft to the mothership, through which supplies and samples can be transferred.
- One of the foci of an ellipse or other curve.
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