COXA

(Lat.), n. f. Ko2x'a3. Gr., \.<r\iov (1st def.). Fr., hanche (1st def.). Ger., Hiifte (1st def.), Hiiftgetenk (1st def.). 1. The hip, the hip joint; in entomology, the basal joint of the leg. [B, 100; L, 121.1 2. Of Pliny, the coccyx. [A, 318.] 3. Of Berengar, the optic thalamus. [I, 3; K.] Coxse ranarum. The edible portion of the frog (the upper part of the hind legs of Rana temp oraria and Rana esculent a). [B, 180 (o, 24).] COX^ [s. 432]