omphalos
(äm′fə ləs, -läs′)
noun
- navel
- a central point
- a rounded stone in Apollo's temple at Delphi, regarded as the center of the world by the ancients
Origin:
see omphalo-
See omphalos in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. om·pha·li (-lī) - The navel.
- A central part; a focal point.
Origin:
Origin: Greek; see nobh- in Indo-European roots
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