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.
a coracoid bone or process.
Origin of coracoid
1Other words from coracoid
- in·ter·cor·a·coid, adjective
- pre·cor·a·coid, adjective
- sub·cor·a·coid, adjective
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How to use coracoid in a sentence
But there is no teleological reason why the coracoid process of the scapula should in all mammals develop from a separate centre.
Form and Function | E. S. (Edward Stuart) RussellThe scapula (with supra-scapula) is the pleurapophysis, the coracoid the hæmapophysis, of the occipital vertebra.
Form and Function | E. S. (Edward Stuart) RussellIn the pelvic girdle the ilium corresponds to the scapula, the ischium to the coracoid, the pubis to the clavicle.
Form and Function | E. S. (Edward Stuart) RussellIt may include three bones on each side named coracoid, precoracoid, and scapula.
Dragons of the Air | H. G. SeeleyChameleons have the blade of the scapula long and slender, but the coracoid is always as broad as it is long.
Dragons of the Air | H. G. Seeley
British Dictionary definitions for coracoid
/ (ˈkɒrəˌkɔɪd) /
a paired ventral bone of the pectoral girdle in vertebrates. In mammals it is reduced to a peg (the coracoid process) on the scapula
Origin of coracoid
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