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navel

na.vel \'na--v*l\ n [ME, fr. OE nafela; akin to OHG nabalo navel, L 
   umbilicus, Gk] omphalos 1: a depression in the middle of the abdomen 
   marking the point of attachmen t of the umbilical cord or yolk stalk 2: the 
   central point : MIDDLE