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How to pronounce umbo in English?

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Type of convex shape, convexity

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The two series meet at the umbo with a group of four to five orthomorphic teeth.
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The cone scales have a flat to pyramidal apophysis, with a small prickle on the umbo.
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But at the umbo, a sensor known as an accelerometer is attached to detect the vibration.
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There is sometimes a broad umbo, and in older specimens, the cap is depressed in the centre.
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The ligament is straight with an umbo which is central to subcentral.
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The package is glued to the umbo so the accelerometer vibrates in response to eardrum vibrations.
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The teeth have a concavity in the chevron which faces away from the center of the hinge and the umbo.
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An umbo is a knobby protrusion at the center of the cap.
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In both Concavodonta and Emiliodonta both the anterior and posterior rows of teeth in the shell face outwards away from the umbo.
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More examples
  • A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum
  • An umbo is a raised area in the center of a mushroom cap. Caps that possess this feature are called umbonate. Umbos that are sharply pointed are called acute, while those that are more rounded are broadly umbonate. ...
  • The inflated dorsal part of the shell; also called the beak
  • A knob-like limb arising from the surface of an oyster shell, near the hinge. Often refers to the anterior or hinge end of the oyster.
  • A knob or boss, more coarse than an apiculum.
  • Of the pileus: A raised, conical to convex knob or mound on the center. (17)
  • Literally diskus or mamilla, an abruptly raised conical, grooved or depressed, generally waxy structure within the pappus at the achene apex, e.g. in Tyrimnus, Jurinea (tribe Cardueae).
  • A rounded protuberance on both faces of some seeds in the Mimosoideae, such as those of Prosopis.
  • A conical projection from the surface. This is the name of the "hump" on the shells(valves) of many bivalves(clams, mussels, etc...).