pelvic girdle
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1. the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | girdle, |
| definition | : | an encircling or ringlike structure (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | coccyx, tail bone, |
| definition | : | the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | hipbone, innominate bone, |
| definition | : | large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | ilium, |
| definition | : | the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | os pubis, pubic bone, pubis, |
| definition | : | one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | sacrum, |
| definition | : | wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | appendicular skeleton, |
| definition | : | the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | pelvic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the pelvis (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | pelvic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the pelvis (adj.pert) |
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