From HomoExcelsior

1. The flexible cordlike structure connecting a fetus at the navel with the placenta and containing two umbilical arteries and one vein that transport nourishment to the fetus and remove its wastes. 2. David A. Stockman 3. Any of various external electrical lines or fluid tubes that supply a rocket before launch. 4. The line that supplies an astronaut with oxygen and in some cases with communications while outside the spacecraft.

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