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Synonyms ilion, troy
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Type of os, bone

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The pubis and ischium are likely to be longer than the ilium, protruding out beneath the tail.
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The second was a stress fracture of the ilium that knocked him out of this year's $10 million Dubai World Cup.
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It includes a narrow ilium and long ischium.
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The pelvis is shorter in the giraffe than in most other ruminants, and the ilium has more expanded upper ends.
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The pelvis has an open ilio-ischiadic fenestra that incises the posterior edge between the ilium and ischium, as in all paleognathes.
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One slinky black jersey by Halston has a centerfold cutout scooped so low that it frames the lady's sacrum, covering only her ilium.
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The dorsal extension of the pelvis was the ilium, while the broad ventral plate was composed of the pubis in front and the ischium in behind.
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The first reconstruction had little iliac flare and virtually no anterior wrap, creating an ilium that greatly resembled that of an ape.
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The find consisted of a skull cap, two femora, the three right arm bones, two of the left arm bones, ilium, and fragments of a scapula and ribs.
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  • Troy: an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War
  • The upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone
  • Ilium is a melodic power metal band with strong roots in the classic heavy metal sound exemplified by the likes of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, from Newcastle, Australia. ...
  • The ilium is the uppermost and largest bone of the pelvis, and appears in most vertebrates including mammals and birds, but not bony fish. All reptiles have an ilium except snakes, although some snake species have a tiny bone which is considered to be an ilium.
  • Ilium is a fictitious town in eastern New York state, used as a setting for many of Kurt Vonnegut's novels.
  • Ilium is a science fiction novel by Dan Simmons, the first part of the Ilium/Olympos cycle, concerning the re-creation of the events in the Iliad on an alternate earth and Mars. These events are set in motion by beings who have taken on the roles of the Greek gods. ...
  • Another name of Troy
  • Latin the bone of the flank, adjective - iliac.
  • Pl ilia) /ILL-ee-uhm/ n. The wide upper portion of the innominate bone ("hip bone").