Word Meaning

Meaning of acetabulum

- A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.
- The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
- The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
- A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
- The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
- One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.