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coxa
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coxa [′käk·sə]
(invertebrate zoology)
The proximal or basal segment of the leg of insects and certain other arthropods which articulates with the body.


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The disease is transmitted either by saliva during tick feeding or in coxal fluid excreted during feeding.
1E) Coxal and basal endite with serially developed strong spines and multiple setae; endopod with 2+3 terminal setae Maxilla (Fig.
The structures called the telopodite by Shear (1972) and Lewis (2000) are actually permanently extruded, sclerotized coxal glands fused at the bases, that are now termed syncolpocoxites; and the process arising from the fused base is termed the syncolpocoxal process (Shear pers.
 
 
 
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