coxa

American  

[kok-suh] / ˈkɒk sə /

noun

• coxae
  plural

1. Anatomy.

   1. innominate bone.

   2. the joint of the hip.

2. Zoology. the first or proximal segment of the leg of insects and other arthropods.

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coxa British  

/ ˈkɒksə /

noun

1. a technical name for the hipbone or hip joint

2. the basal segment of the leg of an insect

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• coxal
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• coxae
  plural

Etymology

Origin of coxa

First recorded in 1700–10; from Latin: “hip”

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

coxa coxae

Laniatores.—Orifice of foetid glands opening above the coxa of the 4th appendage, not raised upon a tubercle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

Flocculus -i: a hairy or bristly appendage on the posterior coxa of some Hymenoptera.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Prothoracic bristle: in Diptera, a strong bristle immediately above the front coxa: see propleural bristles.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Orifice of coxal gland probably situated at base of coxa of 5th appendage; sternal plate of prosema minute or absent; no prosternal element underlying the mouth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

The coxa is small and close to the body.

From The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley

Female wanting the small spot near the base of the anterior wings, the third segment of the abdomen slightly bronzed, coxae black.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by John Lort Stokes

Intercoxal process: in Coleopteran; a median protrusion of the basal segment of abdomen between the hind coxae.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Sternorhynchi: that series of Homoptera in which the beak or rostrum apparently arises from the sternum between the anterior coxae; e.g. plant lice, etc.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

The coxae of the five pairs of limbs following the chelicerae were arranged in a series on each side between the mouth, M, and the metasternites, mets. sf, The sub-frontal median sclerite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

Its four transverse lobes or outgrowths corresponding to the four coxae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various