acetabula
noun
Meaning
- The bony cup of the pelvis which receives the head of the femur.
- The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
- A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
- The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
- One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
- (Roman Antiquities) A vinegar cup.
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