Definition of Cotyles

1. Noun. (plural of cotyle) ¹

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Definition of Cotyles

1. cotyle [n] - See also: cotyle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotyles

cotunnelling
cotunnite
coturnix
coturnixes
cotutor
cotwal
cotwals
cotylae
cotyle
cotyledon
cotyledonal
cotyledonary
cotyledonary placenta
cotyledonous
cotyledons
cotyles (current term)
cotyliform
cotyligerous
cotyloid
cotyloid cavity
cotyloid joint
cotyloid ligament
cotyloid notch
cotyloidal
cotylosaur
cotylosaurian
cotylosaurs
cotype
cotypes
cou'd

Literary usage of Cotyles

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

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A large group of worms, of uncertain extent : so called from the possession of suckers or cotyles. ... Furnished with cotyles. — 2. ..."

2. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"11, —Atlas of Wolf, anterior end and it the necessary degree of mo- left side, col., anterior cotyles. nc, , ... , ' . neural canal. no, ..."

3. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"... and two cotyles of wine, and a piece of flesh ; and to every of their servants, half that quantity: that they should send this the Athenians looking on; ..."

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