Definition of Cotyloidal

1. Adjective. Of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone.

Exact synonyms: Acetabular, Cotyloid
Similar to: Concave
Derivative terms: Acetabulum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotyloidal

cotyle
cotyledon
cotyledonal
cotyledonary
cotyledonary placenta
cotyledonous
cotyledons
cotyles
cotyliform
cotyligerous
cotyloid
cotyloid cavity
cotyloid joint
cotyloid ligament
cotyloid notch
cotyloidal (current term)
cotylosaur
cotylosaurian
cotylosaurs
cotype
cotypes
cou'd
cou'dn't
cou'dst
coua
couas
coucal
coucals
couch

Literary usage of Cotyloidal

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

1. Outlines of Oryctology: An Introduction to the Study of Fossil Organic by James Parkinson (1830)
"... which joins the ilium, and a smooth one which contributes to form the cotyloidal cavity. From the neck there passes forwards, and a little outwards, ..."

2. The Mystery of Golf by Arnold Haultain (1912)
"The whole body must turn on the pivot of the head of the right thigh-bone working in the cotyloidal cavity of the os ..."

3. Journal of the Board of Viticulture for Victoria by Victoria, Australia Board of viticulture (1883)
"cotyloidal cavities of 1st pair thus complete behind. ... extending forwards to form the inner half of the cotyloidal cavities of the middle pair of legs, ..."

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