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ACETABULUM , the Latin word for a See also:vinegar See also:cup, an See also:ancient See also:Roman See also:vessel, used as a liquid measure (equal to about See also:half a gill); it is also a word used technically in See also:zoology, by See also:analogy for certain cup-shaped parts, e.g. the suckers of a mollusc, the socket of the thigh-See also:bone, &c.; and in See also:botany for the receptacle of See also:Fungi . |
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