Dictionary entry

Cotyloid

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cot″y‐loid (k?t″?–loid), a. [Cotyle + -oid] (Anat.) (a) Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone. (b) Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch.