Acetabulum

Definition:

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

Compare acetabulum with other words:

acetabulum vs. pelvis

acetabular vs. acetabulum

acetabulum vs. placenta

acetabulum vs. ruminating

acetabulum vs. cuttlefish

acetabulum vs. posterior

acetabulum vs. sucker

acetabulum vs. sepia

acetabulum vs. articulation

acetabulum vs. thigh

acetabulum vs. eighth

acetabulum vs. socket

acetabulum vs. vinegar

acetable vs. acetabulum

acetabulum vs. bone