acetabulum /a-si-tabˈū-ləm or -sē-/ (zoology)

1. The hollow that receives the head of the thigh bone
2. One of the cotyledons of the placenta of ruminants
3. The cavity that receives a leg in the body of insects
4. (in various invertebrates) a sucker

acetabˈūlar adjective

• mismetres
• mismetring
• misname
• misnamed
• misnames
• misnaming
• misnomer
• misnomered
• misnomering
• misnomers
• miso
• miso-
• misobservance
• misobservances
• misobserve
• misobserved
• misobserves
• misobserving
• misocapnic
• misoclere
• misogamies
• misogamist
• misogamists
• misogamy
• misogynies