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coracoid
[ kawr-uh-koid, kor- ]
adjective
- 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
- a coracoid bone or process.
coracoid
/ ˈkɒrəˌkɔɪd /
noun
- a paired ventral bone of the pectoral girdle in vertebrates. In mammals it is reduced to a peg (the coracoid process ) on the scapula
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Other Words From
- inter·cora·coid adjective
- pre·cora·coid adjective
- sub·cora·coid adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coracoid1
C18: from New Latin coracoīdēs, from Greek korakoeidēs like a raven, curved like a raven's beak, from korax raven
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Example Sentences
But there is no teleological reason why the coracoid process of the scapula should in all mammals develop from a separate centre.
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The scapula (with supra-scapula) is the pleurapophysis, the coracoid the hæmapophysis, of the occipital vertebra.
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In the pelvic girdle the ilium corresponds to the scapula, the ischium to the coracoid, the pubis to the clavicle.
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It may include three bones on each side named coracoid, precoracoid, and scapula.
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Chameleons have the blade of the scapula long and slender, but the coracoid is always as broad as it is long.
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