Noun: pelvis
| Singular | pelvis |
| Plural | pelvises; pelves |
Sample Sentences
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Meronyms: hip bone, os coxae; sacrum; coccyx
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Elvis was swinging his pelvis around and the ladies were swooning.
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Near-synonyms: infundibulum, choana, cornu
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renal pelvis
Nouns inflected like pelvis
micropenis,
heliopsis,
European mantis,
praying mantis,
penis,
fremesis,
biophotolysis,
renal pelvis,
mantis,
clavis,
acanthopelvis,
pelvis,
Etymology
From Latin pēlvis (“basin”), from Old Latin pēluis (“basin”), further etymology uncertain. See: Latin Nouns '
pēlvis'.