French Meaning of umbo

umbo

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Definitions and Meaning of umbo in English

Wordnet

umbo (n)

a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum

Webster

umbo (n.)

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 in the integument of the larvae of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear.

One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.

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umbo

a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrumThe boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp sp

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umbles => abats, umble pie => tarte à l'humble, umbilicus => nombril, umbilication => ombilic, umbilicated => ombiliqué,