coracoid (redirected from coracoid processes)

coracoid /cor·a·coid/ (kor´ah-koid)

1. like a crow's beak.

2. the coracoid process.

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cor·a·coid (kôr-koid)

n.

1. A bony process projecting from the scapula toward the sternum in mammals.

2. A beak-shaped bone articulating with the scapula and sternum in most nonmammalia vertebrates, such as birds and reptiles.

adj.

Of, relating to, or resembling a coracoid.

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coracoid

1. like a crow's beak.

2. the stout bone of the avian shoulder that is braced against the sternum.

3. the coracoid process, a projection from the rim of the glenoid of the scapula.