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English noun: pelvic girdle

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


Synonymship, pelvic arch, pelvis


Broader (hypernym)girdle


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


Part meronymappendicular skeleton









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