1.
[syn: acetabular, cotyloid, cotyloidal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
cotyloid \cot"y*loid\, cotyloidal \cotyloidal\(k?t"?-loid), a.
[Cotyle + -oid] (Anat.)
(a) Shaped like a cup; cup-shaped; as, the cotyloid cavity,
the cup-shaped socket which receives the head of the
thigh bone.
(b) Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid
ligament, or notch.
Syn: acetabular, cotyloid.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cotyloidal
adj 1: of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the
thigh bone [syn: acetabular, cotyloid, cotyloidal]