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OMPHALOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does omphalos mean? 

OMPHALOS (noun)
  The noun OMPHALOS has 1 sense:

1. a scar where the umbilical cord was attachedplay

  Familiarity information: OMPHALOS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OMPHALOS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A scar where the umbilical cord was attached

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

belly button; bellybutton; navel; omphalos; omphalus; umbilicus

Context example:

she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton

Hypernyms ("omphalos" is a kind of...):

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

Holonyms ("omphalos" is a part of...):

abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)


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