Cŏt'y-la or Cŏt'y-le, n.
n. [Lat. cotula, Gr. κοτύλη.]
- (Anat.) The cavity of a bone which receives the end of another in articulation.
- (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.
- A liquid measure. [Obs.]