coxa
[kok-suh]
- Anatomy.
- innominate bone.
- the joint of the hip.
- Zoology. the first or proximal segment of the leg of insects and other arthropods.
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Origin of coxa
1700–10; < Latin: hip
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Occasionally there is some deformity, as when coxa vara develops.
Scurvy Past and PresentAlfred Fabian Hess
Its egg was attached to the coxa of the midleg of the cockroach.
The Biotic Associations of CockroachesLouis M. Roth
The first joint of the Brachium, answering to the Coxa in the legs.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)William Kirby
The coxa is the joint that connects the leg with the trunk of the insect.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)William Kirby
The second joint of the leg, by which the thigh inosculates in the Coxa.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)William Kirby
coxa
- a technical name for the hipbone or hip joint
- the basal segment of the leg of an insect
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Word Origin
C18: from Latin: hip
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