Umbilicus may refer to:
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navel
The navel (clinically known as the umbilicus; : umbilici or umbilicuses; also known as the belly button or tummy button) is a protruding, flat, or hollowed area on the abdomen at the attachment site of the umbilical cord.
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or belly button
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Umbilicus (mollusc)
The umbilicus of a coiled mollusc shell is the axially aligned, hollow cone-shaped space within its whorl (mollusc), whorls. The term ''umbilicus'' is often used in descriptions of gastropoda, gastropod shells, i.e. it is a feature present on the ...
, a feature of gastropod, Nautilus and Ammonite shell anatomy
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''Umbilicus'' (plant), a genus of over ninety species of perennial flowering plants
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Umbilicus urbis Romae
The ''Umbilicus Urbis Romae'' ()—"Navel of the City of Rome"—was the symbolic centre of the city, a reference point from which, and to which, all distances in Ancient Rome were measured. It was situated in the Roman Forum where its remnants ...
, the designated center of the city of Rome from which and to which all distances in Rome and the Roman Empire were measured
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Umbilicus (reference point)
In a typical Roman city, an umbilicus (''umbilicus urbis'', "city navel") represented the reference point used by the city planners to map out the city spaces, including the pomerium, a sacred city boundary. The place for an umbilicus was suppose ...
, a central point used to plan an Ancient Roman city.
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Umbilicus mundi, or "the world's navel", a Greek artifact
*Umbilicus, an American rock band that includes members of death metal bands.
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