Definition of Cotyle

1. Noun. Any of several cup-shaped organs in various animals ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cotyle

1. an ancient Greek cup [n COTYLES or COTYLAE]

Medical Definition of Cotyle

1. Any cup-shaped structure. Synonym: acetabulum. Origin: G. Kotyle, anything hollow, the cup or socket of a joint (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotyle

cottown
cottowns
cottrel
cottrels
cotts
cottuses
cotunneling
cotunnelling
cotunnite
coturnix
coturnixes
cotutor
cotwal
cotwals
cotylae
cotyle (current term)
cotyledon
cotyledonal
cotyledonary
cotyledonary placenta
cotyledonous
cotyledons
cotyles
cotyliform
cotyligerous
cotyloid
cotyloid cavity
cotyloid joint
cotyloid ligament
cotyloid notch

Literary usage of Cotyle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. �Etudes m�edicales sur les serpents de la Vend�ee et de Loire-Inf�erieure by Ambroise Viaud-Grand-Marais, George Robert Gray (1848)
"cotyle CINCTA. The brown-collared Swallow. Hirundo cincta Bodd. ... cotyle FUCATA. The sooty Crag Swallow. Hirundo fucata Temm. Pl . col. 161. f. 1. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Tbe value of the cotyle from the ... this seems to be probably very accurate, and contains 58-5 cub. in., closely agreeing with the cotyle of ..."

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