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    HIPBONE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubisplay

    Synonyms:

    hipbone; innominate bone

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    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("hipbone" is a kind of...):

    bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

    Meronyms (parts of "hipbone"):

    acetabulum; cotyloid cavity (the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint)

    Holonyms ("hipbone" is a part of...):

    hip; pelvic arch; pelvic girdle; pelvis (the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates)

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