subnavel
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]subnavel (not comparable)
- Below the navel.
- 2006, Jean Abitbol, Odyssey of the Voice, page 381:
- To produce variable intensities and fast changes of tone, such as staccatos with pianissimo and fortissimo, the role of the intercostal, abdominal and subnavel muscles is essential.
Noun
[edit]subnavel (plural subnavels)
- The area below the navel; the lower stomach.
- 2005, Meg Wolitzer, The Position, Vintage, published 2012, page 45:
- Without even thinking it through, his hand went […] to bikini panties, which, had he actually seen them, would have been revealed to be decorated with a faded repetition of Roadrunners chasing Tweety Birds around and around from subnavel to ass.