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coxa

/kok-suh/US // ˈkɒk sə //UK // (ˈkɒksə) //

鲸鱼,鲸鱼座,鲸鲨,鲸目

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cox·ae [kok-see]. /ˈkɒk si/.

    • : Anatomy. innominate bone. the joint of the hip.
    • : Zoology. the first or proximal segment of the leg of insects and other arthropods.

Examples

  • Thus the male of Megachile Willughbiella, and others of that tribe, have such a spine on the inner sides of the anterior coxa.

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

  • Coxa, smooth; trochanter with large protuberance ending in a heavy spine on the outer edge.

  • Si crus a coxa sit disjunctum, eadem sit cura quam et in disjuncturam brachii et cubiti diximus, etc.

  • A set of dorso-ventral muscles moving the coxa of each limb in its socket.