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‖ coxa|ˈkɒksə|
Pl. coxæ.
[L.; = hip.]
1. Anat. The hip, haunch, or hip-joint; ‘also applied to the ischium and to the coccyx’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Coxa, the Hip, or Haunch, the Joynt of the Hip, the Huckle-bone. 1754–64Smellie Midwif. I. Introd. 34 The legs must be amputated at the Coxa.
2. Zool. The joint by which the leg is articulated to the body in insects, arachnida, and crustacea.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) IV. 185 One of the rotators of the anterior coxa. 1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 288 The first articulation, which attaches the foot to the body..is called the coxa, or hip. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 405 The first sternum is..largely hidden by the coxæ of the metathoracic limbs. |