adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Shaped like a cup.
2. 2
   Relating to a cotyloid cavity.

   "the cotyloid gland"

Adjective

1. 1
   of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

acetabularcotyloidalcup shapedcuplikecupped

Etymology

From cotyle + -oid.