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Acetabulum   Listen
noun
Acetabulum  n.  
1.
(Rom. Antiq.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.
2.
(Anat.)
(a)
The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
(b)
The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
(c)
A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
(d)
The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
(e)
One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.





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Words linked to "Acetabulum" :   Helvella acetabulum, cotyloid cavity, hipbone, acetabular


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