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hipbone
[ hip-bohn ]
/ ˈhɪpˌboʊn /
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noun
the ilium.
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How to use hipbone in a sentence
He hoisted the box to the level of his hipbone, feeling as if his spine would snap.
The Saracen: The Holy War|Robert SheaI was fortunately too near for the full effect of the blow, but the hoof took me at the hipbone, and for the moment paralyzed me.
In Direst Peril|David Christie Murray
British Dictionary definitions for hipbone
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Scientific definitions for hipbone
hipbone
[ hĭp′bōn′ ]
Either of two large, flat bones, each forming one of the outer borders of the pelvis in mammals and consisting of the fused ilium, ischium, and pubis.
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