Thesaurus: pelvis

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1. n. The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.
2. n. The calyx of a crinoid.
3. n. the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
4. n. a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
5. 1. (Anat.) The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum. 2. (Zoöl.) The calyx of a crinoid. Pelvis of the kidney (Anat.), the basinlike cavity into which the ureter expands as it joins the kidney.
6. The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum.See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.
7. n:100 n. the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates n. a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter