Definition of Coxal

1. Adjective. (anatomy) sciatic (relating to the hip) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coxal

1. coxa [adj] - See also: coxa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coxal

cowslips
cowson
cowsons
cowtree
cowtrees
cowwheat
cowwheats
cowy
cowyard
cox
coxa
coxa adducta
coxa plana
coxa valga
coxae
coxal (current term)
coxalgia
coxalgias
coxalgic
coxalgies
coxalgy
coxcomb
coxcombic
coxcombical
coxcombically
coxcombly
coxcombries
coxcombry
coxcombs

Literary usage of Coxal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The name " coxal gland " needs to be carefully disti __. ... Ti" coxal glands of the Arachnida arc structures of the sa» nature as the green glands of the ..."

2. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"In the hip is the coxal or hip-bone, which constitutes the pelvic girdle ... The coxal bone consists of three parts, named ilium, ischium, and pubis, which, ..."

3. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1891)
"In order to prove the existence of such rudiments we must recall the coxal glands emerging on the legs of Peripatus. Similar glands emerge in the Chilopoda ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The crural glands, which occur ¡n many terrestrial Arthropods, are epidermal in origin and totally distinct from the coxal glands. The coxal glands of the ..."

5. British Oribatidæ by Albert Davidson Michael (1884)
"The Super-coxal Glands. ... although not attached at the point he names; this sac I call the " super- coxal gland," and I have very little doubt, ..."

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