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umbilic

umbilic adjective: of, pertaining to, or having a navel or umbilicus.

Adjective

umbilic (comparative more umbilic, superlative most umbilic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or having a navel or umbilicus

Noun

umbilic (plural umbilics)

  1. The navel; the center.
    • In the umbilic of this Court is a square Tank.1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great
  2. An umbilicus.

Forms of umbilic

Adjective
comparativemore umbilic
superlativemost umbilic
Noun
pluralumbilics

Words formed from umbilic

Questions about umbilic

What does umbilic mean?
Umbilic means of, pertaining to, or having a navel or umbilicus.
What part of speech is umbilic?
Umbilic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near umbilic in the dictionary

  1. umbesetting
  2. umbethink
  3. umbethinking
  4. umbi
  5. umbilectomy
  6. umbilic
  7. umbilic-
  8. umbilical
  9. umbilical arteries
  10. umbilical artery
  11. umbilical cord

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