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 ac·e·tab·u·lum /-ˈtæbjələm/
 骨卑臼,關節窩,吸盤

 ac·e·tab·u·lum /-ˈtæbjələm/ 名詞
 (複acetabula)髖臼,腹吸盤,基節臼(昆蟲)

 Ac·e·tab·u·lum n.
 1. Rom. Antiq. A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.
 2. Anat. (a) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone. (b) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body. (c) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals. (d) The large posterior sucker of the leeches. (e) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
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 acetabulum
      n : the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of
          the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint [syn: cotyloid
          cavity]
      [also: acetabula (pl)]