Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Pelvis

Pelvis , noun

[Latin, a basin, laver; compare Greek {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, bowl.]

1.
(Anatomy) The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.
2.
(Zoology) The calyx of a crinoid.
Collocations (1)
Pelvis of the kidney (Anatomy) , the basinlike cavity into which the ureter expands as it joins the kidney.