English Explanatory Dictionary

coracoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Part of the scapula that projects towards the sternum in mammals; the coracoid process
  2. A small bone linking the scapula and sternum in birds, reptiles and some other vertebrates
adj
  1. hooked like the beak of a crow
  2. Relating to the coracoid process

Word forms

coracoid coracoids

Etymology

From Latin corax + -oid.

Synonyms

coracoideum

Related words

coraco-

Derived words

acrocoracohumeral acrocoracoid acromiocoracoid coracoidal coracoid ligament coracoid process costocoracoid ectocoracoid endocoracoid epicoracoid hypercoracoid hypocoracoid intercoracoid mesocoracoid metacoracoid postcoracoid precoracoid procoracoid scapulocoracoid sternocoracoid subcoracoid supracoracoid
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