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umbilical

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umbilical
1. of, relating to, or resembling the umbilicus or the umbilical cord
2. in the region of the umbilicus
3. short for umbilical cord
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To these observations I may add, on the high authority of Azara, that the Carrancha feeds on worms, shells, slugs, grasshoppers, and frogs; that it destroys young lambs by tearing the umbilical cord; and that it pursues the Gallinazo, till that bird is compelled to vomit up the carrion it may have recently gorged.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
As when the stricken whale, that from the tub has reeled out hundreds of fathoms of rope; as, after deep sounding, he floats up again, and shows the slackened curling line buoyantly rising and spiralling towards the air; so now, Starbuck saw long coils of the umbilical cord of Madame Leviathan, by which the young cub seemed still tethered to its dam.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
 
 
 
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