coxite

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coxite (noun; Latin diminutive coxa, hip): 1. The basal segment of certain abdominal appendages.

2. (Arthropoda: Crustacea) see protopod(ite).

3. (Arthropoda: Insecta) In male Thysanura bearing a distal stylus.