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um·bo (ŭm')
n., pl., um·bo·nes (ŭm-bō'nēz), or um·bos.
  1. The boss or knob at the center of a shield.
    1. Biology. A knoblike protuberance arising from a surface, as the prominence near the hinge of a bivalve shell or the projection at the scale tip of a seed-bearing cone.
    2. Anatomy. A small projection at the center of the outer surface of the eardrum.

[Latin umbō, umbōn-.]

umbonal um'bo·nal (ŭm'bə-nəl, ŭm-bō'nəl) or um·bon'ic (ŭm-bŏn'ĭk) adj.



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