What does "coxa" mean?

The basal segment of a limb of various arthropods (insects and spiders, for example).

What is a synonym for "coxa"?

Common synonyms include: articulatio coxae, coxal bone, hip, hip bone, hip joint, hip segment.

Coxa

/ˈkɑksə/ noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
The basal segment of a limb of various arthropods (insects and spiders, for example).
2
the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum wordnet

Synonyms

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articulatio coxae coxal bone hip hip bone hip joint hip segment

Antonyms

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distal leg segment

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- Proto-Italic *koksā Latin coxalbor. English coxa Learned borrowing from Latin coxa, from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (“joint, limb”). Doublet of cuisse.

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