acetabulum

1. n. A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc. Source: opted

2. n. The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone. Source: opted

3. n. The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body. Source: opted

4. n. A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals. Source: opted

5. n. The large posterior sucker of the leeches. Source: opted

6. n. One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals. Source: opted

7. n. the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint Source: wordnet

8. 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc. 2. (Anat.) (a) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone. (b) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body. (c) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals. (d) The large posterior sucker of the leeches. (e) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals. Source: webster

9. A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about oneeighth of a pint, etc. Source: adambom

10. n. the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint Source: ecdict

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