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pelvic, a.|ˈpɛlvɪk|
[irreg. f. L. pelvis + -ic: cf. the better-formed F. pelvien.]
1. a. Of, pertaining to, contained in, or connected with the pelvis (pelvis 1).
pelvic arch, pelvic girdle: the girdle formed by the bones of the pelvis, the hip-girdle. pelvic limbs: the limbs supported by the pelvic arch; as the legs of a man, the hind legs of a quadruped, the ventral fins of a fish.
1830R. Knox Béclard's Anat. 44 The trunk..presents two extremities, the one superior or cephalic, the other inferior or pelvic. 1857H. Miller Test. Rocks ii. 83 Without thoracic or pelvic arches. 1872Nicholson Palæont. 303 The hind-limbs are..connected with the trunk by means of the ‘pelvic arch’.
b. pelvic thrust: the repeated thrusting movement of the pelvis during sexual intercourse.
1953A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behav. Human Female xv. 618 The..rhythmic pelvic thrusts during sexual activity are among the distinctive characteristics of the class Mammalia. 1966Masters & Johnson Human Sexual Response xviii. 297 Male pelvic thrust and female pelvic accommodation initially are voluntary muscular attempts at sex tension increment. 1969W. B. Pomeroy Girls & Sex vii. 105 Intercourse continues with a series of pelvic thrusts. 1969D. R. Reuben Everything you always wanted to know about Sex (1970) vi. 90 A reasonable yardstick for male potency is the ability to continue intercourse for five to ten minutes. During that time a normally potent male will deliver from fifty to one hundred pelvic thrusts.
2. Of or pertaining to the pelvis of a crinoid.
1849Murchison Siluria x. 223 In most Encrinites the arms issue immediately from the edge of the pelvic cup. |