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  • P. testa ovata, umbilicata; spira mediocri, acuta, ad apicem integra, cornea, viridescente aut pallide fulva; anfractibus quinque, convexis, saepe plus minusve transversim subliratis; apertura ovata; labio reflexo, umbilicum partim tegente; labro vix incrassato, peristomate nigrescente.

    The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

  • Nasturcii sucum cum abrotano miscet perfusisque inguinibus meis viridis urticae fascem comprehendit, omniaque infra umbilicum coepit lenta mann caedere.

    The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

  • It is even possible that the umbilicum, whose organisation differs from that of the rest of the pea, contains a peculiar sap that is distasteful to the little grub.

    Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

  • P. testa ovata, umbilicata; spira mediocri, acuta, ad apicem integra, cornea, viridescente aut pallide fulva; anfractibus quinque, convexis, saepe plus minusve transversim subliratis; apertura ovata; labio reflexo, umbilicum partim tegente; labro vix incrassato, peristomate nigrescente.

    Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart John McDouall Stuart 1840

  • Livy, the historian, does not scruple to accede to this notion, and to call it [732] umbilicum orbis terrarum.

    A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759

  • /2, ultimus magnus, ventrosus, subtus, perinflatus, striis spiralibus obsolete sculptus, antice deflexus; apertura diagonalis, lunari-rotundata; perist. breviter expansum margine columellari supra umbilicum angustum fornicatim dilatato.

    The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

  • Hoc crudelissima anus spargit subinde femina mea Nasturcii [182] succum cum abrotono miscet, perfusis que inguinibus meis, viridis urticæ fascem comprehendit omnes que infra umbilicum cœpit lenta manu cædere. "[

    Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction John Davenport 1833

  • Veniam non habemibus, nuUas] Lege cum Balu/io ad umbilicum Yoluminis fecundi, Venia ncn habentibus nulla abftinendi muUipUces crtsciatsssy aut, K«»i« k non habemibus, quod cgo malims utiit ien - fus, non licuiire milfts ad hoc magiftratibus abiHnere cjuciatusa provincialibus, licet non haberent quod praeftarent.

    Lucii Caecilii Firmiani Lactantii De mortibus persecutorum, cum notis Stephani Baluzii ... Lactantius, Paul Bauldri, Etienne Baluze , Nicolas Thoynard , Johan Columbus , Thomas Spark , Joannes Georgius Graevius, Gisbertus Cuperus, Elias Boherellus, Thomas Gale 1692

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