Search Result for "cotyloid_cavity":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint;
[syn: acetabulum, cotyloid cavity]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cotyloid cavity
    n 1: the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of
         the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint [syn:
         acetabulum, cotyloid cavity]