noun
definition
In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck.
definition
In some arthropods, the second segment of the leg, between the coxa and the femur.
Examples of trochanters in a Sentence
This division resembles the Cynipoidea in the position of the ovipositor, and in the two segmented trochanters.
The Pelecinidae - included here by Ashmead - are large insects with remarkably elongate abdomens and undivided trochanters.
The four succeeding sections, in which the ovipositor is modified into a sting (always exserted from the tip of the abdomen) and the trochanters are with few exceptions simple, form the Aculeata of Linnaeus.