boʊ noun, plural um·bo·nes 
[uhm-boh-neez] , um·bos.
[uhm-boh-neez] , um·bos. 1.
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
2.
any similar boss or protuberance.
3.
Zoology. the beak of a bivalve shell; the protuberance of each valve above the hinge.
4.
Anatomy. 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.
Origin:
1715–25; < Latin umbō boss (of a shield), knob, projecting part; akin to umbilīcus (see umbilicus)
1715–25; < Latin umbō boss (of a shield), knob, projecting part; akin to umbilīcus (see umbilicus)
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umbo (ˈʌmbəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl umbones, umbos | |
| 1. | a small hump projecting from the centre of the cap in certain mushrooms |
| 2. | a hooked prominence occurring at the apex of each half of the shell of a bivalve mollusc |
| 3. | anatomy the slightly convex area at the centre of the outer surface of the eardrum, where the malleus is attached on the internal surface |
| 4. | a large projecting central boss on a shield, esp on a Saxon shield |
| [C18: from Latin: boss of a shield, projecting piece] | |
| umbonate | |
| —adj | |
| umbonal | |
| —adj | |
| umbonic | |
| —adj | |
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Medical Dictionary
umbo um·bo (ŭm'bō)
n. pl. um·bos or um·bo·nes (ŭm-bō'nēz)
A small anatomical projection on a surface, such as that on the inner surface of the tympanic membrane at the end of the manubrium of the malleus, corresponding to the most depressed point of the membrane.
um'bo·nal (ŭm'bə-nəl, ŭm-bō'nəl) or um·bon'ic (ŭm-bŏn'ĭk) adj.
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Example sentences
However, they all died before reaching the umbo stage.
Concentric growth rings are usually visible between the margin of each valve and the hinge swelling, or umbo.
Umbo is flattened and only slightly raised above hinge line.
The shells are usually whitish with many purple streaks and spots radiating away from the umbo.
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