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pelvic girdle

noun

the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑pelvis, ↑pelvic arch, ↑hip

• Derivationally related forms: ↑pelvic (for: ↑pelvis)

• Hypernyms: ↑girdle

• Part Holonyms: ↑appendicular skeleton

• Part Meronyms:

↑coccyx, ↑tail bone, ↑hipbone, ↑innominate bone, ↑ilium, ↑ischium, ↑ischial bone, ↑os ischii, ↑pubis, ↑pubic bone, ↑os pubis, ↑sacrum, ↑hip, ↑hip joint, ↑coxa, ↑articulatio coxae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.