pelvis

noun
🔊/ˈpelvɪs/
🔊/ˈpelvɪs/
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  1. the wide curved set of bones at the bottom of the body that the legs and spine are connected to骨盆
    Topics Bodyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • broken
    • fractured
    • narrow
    verb + pelvis
    • thrust
    • tilt
    • break
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘basin’.