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Pre-, prē, before, in compound words like preanal, preauditory, preaxial, prebasal, prebrachial, precardiac, precentral, precerebral, precloacal, precordial, precoracoid, predentate, pre-esophageal, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

The bone is perforated by a foramen, which would probably lie in the line of separation from the precoracoid if any such separation had ever taken place.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

It may include three bones on each side named coracoid, precoracoid, and scapula.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

From the inner side of the neck of the coracoid arises the precoracoidal process, the remnant of the precoracoid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various