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| bellybutton |
(informal) the navel. |
| navel orange |
a sweet seedless orange having a navel-like depression that contains a secondary underdeveloped fruit. |
| omphalos |
the navel or bellybutton. [1/2 definitions] |
| screwworm |
the larva of a blowfly that infests wounds, the nostrils, or the navel of certain animals and man, often causing disease. |
| umbilical |
of, concerning, or resembling a navel or an umbilical cord. [2/3 definitions] |
| umbilical cord |
a tough, flexible cord that connects the navel of a fetus to the placenta of its mother and that supplies nourishment to, and removes wastes from, the fetus. |
| umbilicus |
the central depression on the surface of the abdomen at which the umbilical cord was attached to the fetus; navel. [1/2 definitions] |
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