coracoid

[ kawr-uh-koid, kor- ]

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

1. a coracoid bone or process.

coracoid

/ ˈkɒrəˌkɔɪd /

noun

1. a paired ventral bone of the pectoral girdle in vertebrates. In mammals it is reduced to a peg (the coracoid process ) on the scapula

Other Words From

• inter·cora·coid adjective
• pre·cora·coid adjective
• sub·cora·coid adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of coracoid¹

1700–10; < New Latin coracoīdēs < Greek korakoeidḗs ravenlike, hooked like a raven's beak, equivalent to korak- (stem of kórax ) raven + -oeidēs -oid

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

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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