cotyloid
Origin of cotyloid
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How to use cotyloid in a sentence
The deep cotyloid cavity renders disarticulation difficult and luxation does not often take place.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixVery often a fourth pelvic element, the acetabular or cotyloid bone, occurs.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsIn 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 BeddardThey 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
British Dictionary definitions for cotyloid
cotyloidal
/ (ˈkɒtɪˌlɔɪd) anatomy /
shaped like a cup
of or relating to the acetabulum
a small bone forming part of the acetabular cavity in some mammals
Origin of cotyloid
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