coracoid

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Definitions of coracoid word

noun coracoid a paired ventral bone of the pectoral girdle in vertebrates. In mammals it is reduced to a peg (the coracoid process) on the scapula 3
adjective coracoid designating or of a rudimentary bony process on the shoulder blade in mammals, or a bone in monotremes and certain fossil reptiles that extends from the shoulder blade to the breastbone 3
noun coracoid this bony process or bone 3
adjective coracoid pertaining to the bone that in reptiles, birds, and monotremes articulates with the scapula and the sternum and that in humans and other higher mammals is a reduced bony process of the scapula having no connection with the sternum. 1
noun coracoid a coracoid bone or process. 1
noun coracoid A short projection from the shoulder blade in mammals, to which part of the biceps is attached. 1

before 1700

One of the 50% oldest English words

1700-10; < New Latin coracoīdēs < Greek korakoeidḗs ravenlike, hooked like a raven's beak, equivalent to korak- (stem of kórax) raven + -oeidēs -oid

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