Definition of "coxae" []

• Plural form of coxa. (noun)

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• "Intercoxal process: in Coleopteran; a median protrusion of the basal segment of abdomen between the hind coxae."
• "Pagiopoda: Heteroptera, in which the posterior coxae are not globose and the articulation is a hinge joint: see trochalopoda."
• "Pagiopodous: those Heteroptera which have the coxae of the hind legs hinged and the femora grooved."