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coxa (käk′sə)

noun pl. coxae cox′ae (-sē)

  1. the hip or hip joint
  2. the segment of the leg that attaches to the body of an insect or other arthropod

Etymology: L, hip, angle < IE base *kosā > Ger hachse, Achilles' tendon, OIr coss, foot

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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