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Webster 1913 Edition


Coracoid

Cor′a-coid

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Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK];
κόραξ
crow +
εἶδοσ
form.]
1.
Shaped like a crow’s beak.
2.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals.

Cor′a-coid

,
Noun.
The coracoid bone or process.

Webster 1828 Edition


Coracoid

CORACOID

,
Adj.
Shaped like a beak.

Definition 2024


coracoid

coracoid

English

Noun

coracoid (plural coracoids)

  1. (anatomy) Part of the scapula that projects towards the sternum in mammals; the coracoid process
  2. (anatomy) A small bone linking the scapula and sternum in birds, reptiles and some other vertebrates

Adjective

coracoid (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to or resembling such a process or bone.

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