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navel

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Navel  \Na"vel\  (n[=a]"v'l),  n.  [AS.  nafela  fr  nafu  nave;  akin 
  to  D.  navel,  G.  nabel,  OHG.  nabolo,  Icel.  nafli  Dan.  navle, 
  Sw  nafle,  L.  umbilicus,  Gr  'omfalo`s,  Skr.  n[=a]bh[=i]la. 
  [root]260.  See  {Nave}  hub,  and  cf  {Omphalic},  {Nombril}, 
  {Umbilical}.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  A  mark  or  depression  in  the  middle  of  the  abdomen; 
  the  umbilicus.  See  {Umbilicus}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  navel 
  n  1:  scar  where  the  umbilical  cord  was  attached  [syn:  {umbilicus}, 
  {bellybutton},  {omphalos},  {omphalus}] 
  2:  the  center  point  or  middle  of  something  [syn:  {navel  point}]




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