a. [f. prec. + -AL.] Pertaining to the coxa: a. pertaining to the hip or hip-joint; b. pertaining to the coxa of insects, etc.
1853. Encycl. Brit., III. 12/1. Ossa innominata, coxal or haunch-bones.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vi. 332. The coxal joint of the antenna.
1878. Bartley, trans. Topinard’s Anthrop., I. 36. The iliac, or coxal bone.
