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Many of the key human pelvic features, such as its curved, basinlike shape, are already developed by week 29.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 16, 2022

They found that roughly around the 6- to 8-week mark, the ilium begins to form and then rotates into its telltale basinlike shape.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 16, 2022

These occur where rocks have been folded down into a basinlike form.

From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate

It has a situation in a basinlike hollow on a plateau some forty-five hundred feet above sea level.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.