Meaning Of Acetabulum

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A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.

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The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.

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The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.

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A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.

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The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

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One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.