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acetabulum

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CIDE DICTIONARY

acetabulumn. [L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.].
  •  A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

acetabulum, n. (pl. acetabula) Zool.
1 the socket for the head of the thigh-bone, or of the leg in insects.
2 a cup-shaped sucker of various organisms, including tapeworms and cuttlefish.

Etymology
ME f. L, = vinegar cup f. acetum vinegar + -abulum dimin. of -abrum holder

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