trochantinn.
/trəʊˈkantɪn/ Anatomy and Zoology.
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a. The lesser trochanter: see trochanter n. 1. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
b. Entomology. The proximal joint of the trochanter (trochanter n. 2) when two-jointed.
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1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) at Trochanter Chaussier, by the word trochanter, means the larger process; the smaller he calls trochantin.]
1898 A. S. Packard Text-bk. Entomol. 95 The coxa usually has a posterior subdivision or projection, the trochantine; sometimes, as in Mantispa, the trochantine is obsolete.
Derivatives
trochanˈtinian adj. [French trochantinien] pertaining to the trochantin.
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1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) at Trochanter Trochantinian, that which belongs or relates to the trochantin or lesser trochanter.
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