acetabulum /a-si-tabˈū-ləm or -sē-/ (zoology)

1. The hollow that receives the head of the thigh bone
2. One of the cotyledons of the placenta of ruminants
3. The cavity that receives a leg in the body of insects
4. (in various invertebrates) a sucker

acetabˈūlar adjective

• puppydom
• puppydoms
• puppy fat
• puppy-headed
• puppyhood
• puppyhoods
• puppying
• puppyish
• puppyism
• puppyisms
• puppy love
• puppy-walker
• puppy-walkers
• pups
• pup tent
• pup tents
• pupunha
• pupunhas
• pur
• Purana
• Puranas
• Puranic
• Purbeck
• Purbeckian
• Purbeck marble