sb. (a.) Entom. [f. mod.L. Trochalopod-a, neut. pl., f. Gr. τροχαλός adj. running, rolling + πούς, ποδ- foot.] A member of the Trochalopoda, a group of heteropterous insects in which the posterior coxæ have a rotary motion. b. adj. Belonging to the Trochalopoda. Also Trochalopodous a.
1870. Ann & Mag. Nat. Hist., Sept., 233. The coxæ of trochalopodous Heteroptera are round.
1909. Cent. Dict. Suppl., Trochalopod.
