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Shield's boss
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umbo
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Wikipedia
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Umbo may refer to: Umbo of tympanic membrane – The central, most inverted portion of the ear drum A shield boss umbo (mycology) , at the top of some mushrooms Umbo (bivalve) is the (often somewhat protruding) part of a Bivalve shell which was formed when ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 (context biology English) A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvæ of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear. 2 (context zoology English) One ...
WordNet
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n. a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum [also: umbones (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Umbo \Um"bo\, n.; pl. L. Umbones , E. Umbos . [L.] The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike. A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo ...
Usage examples of umbo.
The edges were obtuse, the caps fleshy, then corky, smooth, the upper ends not regular, oblique in the form of an umbo or little knob, the pellicles or outside layers thin and easily separated.