Coracoid
[kawr-uh-koid, kor-] /ˈkɔr əˌkɔɪd, ˈkɒr-/ Anatomy, Zoology
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.
/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
coracoid cor·a·coid (kôr’ə-koid’)
n.
adj.
Of, relating to, or resembling a coracoid.
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