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单词 umbo
释义 umbo
 /um"boh/,  n.  ,  pl.   umbones /um boh"neez/, umbos.
  1. a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
  2. any similar boss or protuberance.
  3.  Zool.   the beak of a bivalve shell; the protuberance of each valve above the hinge.
  4.  Anat.   the depressed area on the outer surface of the tympanic membrane.
  5. a blunt or rounded protuberance arising from a surface, as on a pine cone scale.
 [1715-25; < L umbo boss (of a shield), knob, projecting part; akin to umbilicus (see UMBILICUS)]
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