Coracoid Definition

kôrə-koid, kŏr-
noun
This bony process or bone.
Webster's New World
A beak-shaped bone articulating with the scapula and sternum in many other vertebrates, such as birds and reptiles.
American Heritage Medicine
adjective
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.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or resembling a coracoid.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Coracoid

Noun

Singular:
coracoid
Plural:
coracoids

Origin of Coracoid

  • New Latin coracoīdēs from Greek korakoeidēs ravenlike korax korak- raven -oeidēs -oid

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Coracoid Sentence Examples

  • The element often termed "coracoid" in these fossils would be the scapula.

  • The coracoid is one of the most characteristic bones of the bird's skeleton.

  • From the inner side of the neck of the coracoid arises the precoracoidal process, the remnant of the precoracoid.

  • Only in the ostrich this element is almost typically complete, although soon fused at either end with the coracoid.

  • Its strong belly originates near the shoulder joint from clavicle, coracoid and scapula.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOR

Words Ending With

DIDOID

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