UMBOS

Noun

umbos

plural of umbo

Anagrams

• ombus

Source: Wiktionary


UMBO

Um"bo, n.; pl. L. Umbones, E. Umbos. Etym: [L.]

1. The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.

2. 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.

3. (Zoöl.)

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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