intercoracoid
əˌkɔɪd, ˈkɒr- adjective
1.
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.
noun
2.
a coracoid bone or process.
Origin:
1700–10; < Neo-Latin coracoīdēs < Greek korakoeidḗs ravenlike, hooked like a raven's beak, equivalent to korak- (stem of kórax) raven + -oeidēs -oid
1700–10; < Neo-Latin coracoīdēs < Greek korakoeidḗs ravenlike, hooked like a raven's beak, equivalent to korak- (stem of kórax) raven + -oeidēs -oid
Related forms
in·ter·cor·a·coid, adjective
pre·cor·a·coid, adjective
sub·cor·a·coid, adjective
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coracoid (ˈkɒrəˌkɔɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a paired ventral bone of the pectoral girdle in vertebrates. In mammals it is reduced to a peg (the coracoid process) on the scapula | |
| [C18: from New Latin coracoīdēs, from Greek korakoeidēs like a raven, curved like a raven's beak, from korax raven] | |
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coracoid cor·a·coid (kôr'ə-koid')
n.
A bony process projecting from the scapula toward the sternum in mammals.
A beak-shaped bone articulating with the scapula and sternum in most nonmammalia vertebrates, such as birds and reptiles.
Of, relating to, or resembling a coracoid.
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