noun
- Either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh.
- The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates.
- synonyms: pelvis, pelvic girdle, pelvic arch
- The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
- synonyms: hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxae
- Architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof. (
- The fruit of a rose plant.
adjective
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