Definition of "pelves" [pelves]

• A plural of pelvis. (noun)

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• "Not bad for the average visitor, but there are some rather annoying (Chinese Velociraptor specimens are said to be found in Liaoning rather than in Inner Mongolia) to laughably anatomical (right hands on left arms and vice versa; pelves mounted backwards; etc.)"
• "The sheep and goat remains consist almost exclusively of hind limb elements (pelves, femora, tibiae, and anklebones)."
• "The meat-bearing parts of the fore - and hind legs (represented by scapulae, humeri, radii, ulnae, pelves, femora and tibiae) and the axial skeleton (vertebrae and ribs) were less frequently present."