cotyloid

[kot-l-oid]

adjective Anatomy.

being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.

Origin of cotyloid

1750–60; < Greek kotyloeidḗs, equivalent to kotýl(ē) cup + -oeidēs -oid

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Examples from the Web for cotyloid

Historical Examples of cotyloid

They are sucked up by two cupping vessels, (“cotyloid”—cup-like—cavities,) and held there as long as you live, and longer.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
Oliver Wendell Holmes
In Ornithorhynchus the cotyloid or os acetabuli is a larger element of the girdle than is the pubis.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia
Frank Evers Beddard
Very often a fourth pelvic element, the acetabular or cotyloid bone, occurs.
The Vertebrate Skeleton
Sidney H. Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for cotyloid

cotyloid

cotyloidal

adjective

1. shaped like a cup
2. of or relating to the acetabulum

noun

a small bone forming part of the acetabular cavity in some mammals

Word Origin for cotyloid

C18: from Greek kotuloeidēs cup-shaped, from kotulē a cup

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cotyloid in Medicine

cotyloid

[kŏt′l-oid′]

adj.

Shaped like a cup.
Relating to the acetabulum.