One over eight, in front of a joint

• The hip
• The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
• Hip joint, to physicians

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The basal segment of a limb of various arthropods (insects and spiders, for example).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Coxa may refer to: Nickname of Brazilian association football team Coritiba Foot Ball Club Theta Leonis , a star Hip , below the lateral side of the abdomen Arthropod coxa , the short most-proximal base jointed segment of the arthropod leg An orthopaedic ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coxa \Cox"a\ (k?ks"?), n. [L., the hip.] (Zo["o]l.) The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean. [1913 Webster] ||

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum [syn: hip , hip joint , articulatio coxae ] [also: coxae (pl)]