COTYLE, COTYLA
\kˌɒtɪlˈiː], \kˌɒtɪlˈiː], \k_ˌɒ_t_ɪ_l_ˈiː]\
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In anat. the cavity of a bone which receives the end of another in articulation: in zool, one of the suctorial cups or disks of the arms of a cuttle-fish, by means of which it attaches itself to any object, on the principle of a boy's sucker.
By Daniel Lyons
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