Meaning Of The Word Coracoid

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Coracoid Meaning

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What's The Definition Of Coracoid?

coracoid in American English
designating or of a rudimentary bony process on the shoulder blade in mammals, or a bone in monotremes and certain fossil reptiles that extends from the shoulder blade to the breastbone
this bony process or bone
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 in British English
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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