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# pelvic

adjective (pelvic)

«pelvic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvic/#m2)

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

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pelvic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelvic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pelvic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pelvic.html) on Mova free.