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Pubis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Pubis has 1 sense
- pubis(n = noun.body) os pubis, pubic bone - one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis; Array is a kind of bone, os
is a part of hip, pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis
Derived form adjective pubic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Pubis, n. [NL. See Pubes.].
The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Pubis, n. (pl. pubes) either of a pair of bones forming the two sides of the pelvis.
Etymology
L os pubis bone of the PUBES
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