Zool. [f. L. coxa hip + Gr. κέρ-ας horn + -ITE.] ‘The basal segment of the antenna in Crustacea’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vi. 314. An imperfect basal joint, produced into a prominent cone, perforated behind and internal to its apex; here called coxocerite.
Hence Coxoceritic a., pertaining to the coxocerite.
