coxa
Americannoun
plural
coxae-
Anatomy.
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the joint of the hip.
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Zoology. the first or proximal segment of the leg of insects and other arthropods.
noun
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a technical name for the hipbone or hip joint
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the basal segment of the leg of an insect
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of coxa
First recorded in 1700–10; from Latin: “hip”
Vocabulary lists containing coxa
Example Sentences
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“Furthermore, each leg of mine has seven sections—the coxa, the trochanter, the femur, the patella, the tibia, the metatarsus, and the tarsus.”
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
Flocculus -i: a hairy or bristly appendage on the posterior coxa of some Hymenoptera.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Palpatores.—Orifice of foetid glands opening above the coxa of the 3rd appendage, not raised upon a tubercle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
In all the embryonic or permanent opening is on the coxa of the fifth pair of prosomatic limbs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
Sternopleura: in Diptera, the lower part of the pleura, below the sternopleural suture and above the front coxa.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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