Definitions for cotyloid

cotyloid cot·y·loid

Spelling: [kot-l-oid]
IPA: /ˈkɒt lˌɔɪd/

Cotyloid is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in cotyloid (cdilooty).

Definitions for cotyloid

adjective

  1. being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.

Origin of cotyloid

1750-60; Greek kotyloeidḗs, equivalent to kotýl(ē) cup + -oeidēs -oid

Examples for cotyloid

They are sucked up by two cupping vessels, (“cotyloid”—cup-like—cavities,) and held there as long as you live, and longer.

Very often a fourth pelvic element, the acetabular or cotyloid bone, occurs.

In Ornithorhynchus the cotyloid or os acetabuli is a larger element of the girdle than is the pubis.

Word Value for cotyloid
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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