Zool. [f. L. coxa hip + Gr. ποδ- foot + -ITE.] The basal joint that connects the limbs to the body in the Arthropoda, esp. the Crustacea.
1870. Rolleston, Anim. Life, 94. The abdominal legs … consist each of seven joints … the proximal joint is known as the ‘coxopodite.’
1880. Huxley, Crayfish, iv. 143. A very short basal joint, the coxopodite.
Hence Coxopoditic a., pertaining to the coxopodite.
1882. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
1888. Rolleston & Jackson, Anim. Life, 182. The structures known as coxopoditic setae.
