Acetabulum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Anatomy The cup-shaped cavity at the base of the hipbone into which the ball-shaped head of the femur fits.
  • n. Zoology The cavity in the body of an insect into which the leg fits.
  • n. Zoology A cup-shaped structure, such as the sucker of a tapeworm or leech.
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  • n. a vinegar cup;
  • n. the socket of the hipbone;
  • n. a measure of about one eighth of a pint
  • n. The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
  • n. The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
  • n. A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
  • n. The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
  • n. One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.
  • n.
  • n. The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
  • n. The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
  • n. A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
  • n. The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
  • n. One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Roman antiquity: A vinegar-cup; a small wide-mouthed vessel of earthenware or metal, sometimes placed on the larger food-dishes, in which vinegar or other condiment was served. A dry or liquid measure, .0677 of a liter. Daremberg et Saglio. A similar cup or vessel used by jugglers in their feats.
  • n. In anatomy: The cavity of the os innominatum, or hip-bone, which receives the head of the femur; the cotyle, or cotyloid cavity, formed at the junction of the ilium, ischium, and pubis. See cuts under sacrarium, quarter, innominate. A cotyledon or lobe of the placenta of ruminating animals. In insects, the socket of the trunk in which the leg is inserted. A cup-like sucker, such as those with which the arms of the cuttlefish and other dibranchiate cephalopodous mollusks are provided. See cut under Sepia. A sessile or pedunculate sucker-like organ on the ventral surface of certain entozoa.
  • n. In botany: The cup- or saucer-like fructification of many lichens. The receptacle of certain fungi.
  • n. In music, an ancient instrument, made either of earthenware or of metal, used like a kettledrum or struck against another acetabulum after the manner of cymbals.
  • n. [capitalized] A genus of calcareous green algæ, Chlorophyceæ, found in tropical or subtropical waters: characterized by anerectaxis surmounted by a solid cap which consists of numerous radiating chambers. Also Acetabularia.
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  • n. the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint
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    acetabula   
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    acetabular   
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