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navel string

navel string is the alternative form of navel-string.

Meaning of navel-string

Noun

navel-string (plural navel-strings)

  1. (now rare or puristic) The umbilical cord.
    • One love potion was composed of the powdered navel string of a new-born baby boy.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 82

Forms of navel string

pluralnavel strings

Questions about navel string

What is navel string the alternative form of?
Navel string is the alternative form of navel-string.

Words near navel string in the dictionary

  1. navel oranges
  2. navel point
  3. navel points
  4. navel ring
  5. navel rings
  6. navel string
  7. navel strings
  8. navel-gaze
  9. navel-gazed
  10. navel-gazer
  11. navel-gazers

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