acetabulum
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noun- 1.
(anatomy) The bony cup of the hip bone which receives the head of the femur.
Holonyms: hip joint; hip bone < pelvis
Đồng nghĩa: cotyloid cavity
- 2.
(zootomy) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
Đồng nghĩa: cotyle
- 3.
(zootomy) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
- 4.
(zootomy) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
- 5.
(zootomy) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
- 6.
A vinegar saucer, especially (historical) in ancient Roman contexts.
- 7.
(historical)A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 2½ Roman ounces of wine and equivalent to about 66 mL although differing slightly over time.
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Latin acētābulum (vinegar saucer, 1/48 congius), from acētum (vinegar) + -bulum (-bule: a vessel for).