Umbo

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·noun One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.

II. Umbo ·noun The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.

III. Umbo ·noun A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvae of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear.

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