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n. - The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.

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Usage examples (29)
  • Hips: the coxa; q.v. Hirsute: clothed with long, strong hair; shaggy.
  • Mesinfraepisternum: a sclerite formed between propleuron, mesepisternum, mesepimeron and second coxa.
  • The two coxa, together with the sacral ligaments (sacrum) and the muscles of the quarter, enclose the pelvic cavity.
  • Metinfraepisternum: in Odonata; the sclerite just above base of 3d coxa; below metepisternum and before metepimeron.
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