epipubis

[ ep-uh-pyoo-bis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Zoology.

, plural ep·i·pu·bes [ep-, uh, -, pyoo, -beez].

First recorded in 1895–1900; epi- + pubis

In the pelvis the pubis remains cartilaginous, and there is a bifid cartilaginous epipubis.

All except the epipubis take part in the formation of the acetabulum, which is perforated by a prominent hole.

The large bone generally called the pubis in Crocodiles is probably an epipubis.

Projecting forwards from it is a bifid cartilaginous epipubis.

In Xenopus also there is a minute epipubis similar to that of Urodeles.

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