hip bone

See also: hipbone

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hip bone (plural hip bones)

  1. (anatomy) One of two roughly symmetrical skeleton parts, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.
    Synonyms: os coxae, innominate bone
    Holonym: pelvis
    Meronyms: acetabulum, ilium, ischium, pubis

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