Cotyloid

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  • adj. Shaped like a cup.
  • adj. Relating to a cotyloid cavity.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Shaped like a cup; cup-shaped.
  • adj. Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Cupped; cup-like: in anatomy, specifically applied to the acetabulum or socket of the thigh-bone; acetabular: in entomology, applied to the cavity in which the coxa or basal joint of the leg is inserted.
  • Pertaining to or connected with a cotyle.
  • n. In entomology, one of the coxal cavities or hollows in the lower surface of the thorax in which the coxæ are articulated. Also called acetabulum.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone
    • Equivalent
    concave    cotyloidal   
    Cross Reference
    cotyloid ligament    fossa    cotyloid notch    cotyloid bone   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acetabular   
     
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