Definition of "navel-string" []

• Umbilical cord (noun)

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• "Then she cut his navel-string and wrapping him in some of her own clothes, gave him to suck, harrowed at heart, and with vitals sorrowing for the estate she had lost and its honour and solace."
• "When the creatures are young the navel-string is long, but as they grow it diminishes in size; at length it gets small and becomes incorporated, as was described in the case of birds."
• "The navel-string is attached a little way below the aperture of the belly."