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Coxa

//ˈkɑksə// noun

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

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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