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Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone.

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  1. a. Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone.
  2. a. Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch.
  3. adj. of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone
  4. (a) Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone. (b) Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch.
  5. s of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone