"of or pertaining to the navel or omphalos," 1805, from Latinized form of Greek omphalikos, from omphalos "navel" (see omphalos).
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omphalos n.
also omphalus, "sacred stone," 1850, from Greek omphalos, literally "navel," later also "hub" (as the central point), from PIE *ombh-alo-, from root *nobh-/*ombh- "navel" (see navel). Especially as the name of the rounded or conical stone in the shrine at Delphi, regarded by the ancients as the center of the world. Related: Omphalic.