The large bone of the pelvis formed by the union of the ilium, ischium, and pubis, which contains the cup-shaped cavity (acetabulum) in which the…

= coxa, n.

The bone of the haunch: sometimes applied to the os innominatum as a whole, but more frequently to the os ilium.

the hip-bone or haunch-bone; = huckle-bone, n. 1.

The hip- or haunch-bone of a person or animal; the ischium or whole os innominatum. (Rarely the head of the thigh-bone which turns in the hip-joint.)

Anatomy and Zoology. A hip joint or hip bone. Obsolete. rare.

The hip or hip-bone; also the ischium, the ilium.

The large, irregularly shaped bone of the pelvic girdle consisting of the fused ilium, ischium, and pubis; the hip bone. Also called os innominatum.

A projecting hip bone, esp. of a horse or cow. Also attributive in pin bone steak.

A natural structure having the form of a pin. Chiefly British. A projecting hip bone of a horse or cow.

Anatomy. The hip, haunch, or hip-joint; ‘also applied to the ischium and to the coccyx’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).

The hip-bone, esp. of a horse or cow.