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Omphalos

noun
1.
A scar where the umbilical cord was attached.  Synonyms: belly button, bellybutton, navel, omphalus, umbilicus.  "They argued whether or not Adam had a navel" , "She had a tattoo just above her bellybutton"





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"Omphalos" Quotes from Famous Books



... squealing into life. Creation from nothing. What has she in the bag? A misbirth with a trailing navelcord, hushed in ruddy wool. The cords of all link back, strandentwining cable of all flesh. That is why mystic monks. Will you be as gods? Gaze in your omphalos. Hello! Kinch here. Put me on to Edenville. Aleph, ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce


Words linked to "Omphalos" :   omphalus, bellybutton, venter, umbilicus, abdomen, belly, point, stomach


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