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# pelvic

«pelvic» in Mova's school dictionary: **Of or near the pelvis, the bowl-shaped group of bones at…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (pelvic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Of or near the pelvis, the bowl-shaped group of bones at the bottom of your body that joins your spine to your legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvic/#m1)

2) (pelvic fin) One of a pair of fins on the underside of a fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons, the pelvic bones (hips) support your body and protect organs; the legs join the pelvis at the hip joints. In biology, fish have pelvic fins underneath. Physiotherapists talk about pelvic muscles and pelvic floor exercises.

### examples

- The pelvic bones hold up the top half of your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvic/#x1)
- Your thigh bone fits into a socket in the pelvic bone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvic/#x2)
- The fish has small pelvic fins underneath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvic/#x3)
- X-rays showed a pelvic injury after the fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvic/#x4)
- The skeleton's pelvic bones look like a butterfly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvic/#x5)
- Some snakes still have tiny pelvic bones from their ancestors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvic/#x6)

### note

Adjective only. Noun: pelvis (plural pelvises or pelves). Pronounced "PEL-vik".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pelvic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.