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Noun

1. 1
   The bony cup of the hip bone which receives the head of the femur.

   "Holonyms: hip joint; hip bone < pelvis"

2. 2
   the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint wordnet
3. 3
   The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
4. 4
   A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
5. 5
   The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

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6. 6
   One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
7. 7
   A vinegar saucer, especially (historical) in ancient Roman contexts.
8. 8
   A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 2½ Roman ounces of wine and equivalent to about 66 mL although differing slightly over time. historical

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cotyloid cavitycotyle

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"Holonyms: hip joint; hip bone < pelvis"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acētābulum (“vinegar saucer, 1/48 congius”), from acētum (“vinegar”) + -bulum (“-bule: a vessel for”).

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