Cŏt'y-la or Cŏt'y-le, n.

noun

n. [Lat. cotula, Gr. κοτύλη.]

  1. (Anat.) The cavity of a bone which receives the end of another in articulation.
  2. (Zool.) One of the suctorial cups or disks on the arms of the cuttle-fish, by means of which it attaches itself to its prey or any other body.
  3. A liquid measure. [Obs.]