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hip bone

noun

Etymology

From hip (noun) + bone (noun).

  1. derived from *bʰeyh₂-✻ — “to hit, strike, beat”
  2. inherited from *bainą✻ — “bone”
  3. inherited from bān — “bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”
  4. inherited from bon
  5. compounded as hip bone — “hip + bone”

Definitions

  1. One of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac,…

    One of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hip bone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA