2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: cotyloid \cot"y*loid\, cotyloidal \cotyloidal\(k?t"?-loid), a. [Cotyle + -oid] (Anat.) (a) Shaped like a cup; cup-shaped; as, the cotyloid cavity, the cup-shaped socket which receives the head of the thigh bone. (b) Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch. Syn: acetabular, cotyloid. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: cotyloid adj : of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone [syn: {acetabular}, {cotyloidal}]
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