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coxa

Noun

cox=a

WORDNET DICTIONARY

coxa(n = noun.body) articulatio coxae, hip, hip joint - the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum; Array

has parts: ischial bone, ischium, os ischii

is a part of thigh, hip, pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis

is a kind of articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint

coxa, n. [L., the hip.].

The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean. [1913 Webster]

coxa, n. (pl. coxae)
1 Anat. the hip-bone or hip-joint.
2 Zool. the first segment of an insect's leg.

Derivative

coxal adj.

Etymology

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