umbi
umbi is the clipping of umbilicus.
umbi is the clipping of umbilical.
Meaning of umbilicus
Noun
umbilicus (plural umbilici or umbilicuses)
- A navel.
- A umbilical cord.
- Although I have been tempted to cut the umbilicus, and pass a ligature round the remaining portion on one occasion, yet I now deem such interference officious and uncalled - for at this eventful period.1834, Sporting Magazine, page 179
- A 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.
- The importance of the visual analyzer is further increased when the cosmonaut is in free space with only the slight support of an umbilicus.1966, Aerospace Technology Division, Soviet Biotechnology and Bioastronautics: Report, Library of Congress, page 10
Meaning of umbilical
Adjective
umbilical (not comparable)
- Of, or relating to, the navel (umbilicus) or the umbilical cord.
- One womb, one shame, one resolve ¶ Liberate this will to release us all ¶ Gotta cut away, clear away ¶ Snip away and sever this umbilical residue ¶ Keeping me from killing you2000, “Orestes”, performed by A Perfect Circle
- Such that the curvatures of normal sections are all equal to each other.
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Questions about umbi
- What is umbi the clipping of?
- Umbi is the clipping of umbilicus.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: umbi (page history and authors); umbilicus (page history and authors); umbilical (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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