coxa

[ kok-suh ]

noun

, plural cox·ae [kok, -see].

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.

coxa

/ ˈkɒksə /

noun

1. a technical name for the hipbone or hip joint
2. the basal segment of the leg of an insect

Derived Forms

• ˈcoxal, adjective

Other Words From

• cox·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of coxa¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of coxa¹

C18: from Latin: hip

Example Sentences

“Furthermore, each leg of mine has seven sections—the coxa, the trochanter, the femur, the patella, the tibia, the metatarsus, and the tarsus.”

From Literature

The first of these is called the 'coxa', and is succeeded by a short joint called the 'trochanter'.

From Project Gutenberg

They are really excretory glands, and communicate with the exterior by a very minute aperture on the posterior face of the coxa of the fifth limb on each side.

From Project Gutenberg

They consist typically of six segments, of which the basal is termed the coxa and the apical the tarsus.

From Project Gutenberg

Partial separations may be overlooked at the time of the accident and cause trouble later from bending of the bone, as in one variety of coxa vara.

From Project Gutenberg