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

• slow handclap
• slow-hound
• slow-hounds
• slowing
• slowings
• slowish
• slow loris
• slowly
• slow march
• slow-march
• slow-marched
• slow marches
• slow-marching
• slow-marchs
• slow match
• slow matches
• slow motion
• slow-motion
• slow-moving
• slowness
• slownesses
• slow neutron
• slow-paced
• slowpoke
• slowpokes