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n. - Scar where the umbilical cord was attached; The center point or middle of something.

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  • Ali clamped the cord next to the baby's navel, then cut through the tough, horny tube.
  • A thin, bright red streak that stretches from my sternum to a couple inches above my navel is a reminder of this.
  • Back at Revolver, a 20-something wearing a collared shirt unbuttoned to his navel is approached and asked what he thinks of Ben Quayle.
  • The rise in navel-revealing fashions has spurred a rise in navel-augmentation surgery.
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