Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bony process projecting from the scapula toward the sternum in mammals.
- noun A beak-shaped bone articulating with the scapula and sternum in many other vertebrates, such as birds and reptiles.
- adjective Of, relating to, or resembling a coracoid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ichthyology, a large bone of the shoulder-girdle; the clavicle; not homologous with the coracoid of Agassiz or of Parker, or the coracoideum of Vogt and Yung.
- Shaped like a crow's beak.
- Pertaining to the coracoid; connected with the coracoid, as, the coracoid ligament.
- noun The distal or ventral element of the scapular arch, extending from the scapula to or toward the sternum, of whatever size, shape, or position: so named from the fact that in adult man it somewhat resembles the beak of a crow in size and shape. See cut under
scapula .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The coracoid bone or process.
- adjective Shaped like a crow's beak.
- adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy Part of the
scapula that projects towards thesternum inmammals ; thecoracoid process - noun anatomy A small
bone linking the scapula and sternum inbirds ,reptiles and some othervertebrates - adjective Of, pertaining to or resembling such a process or bone.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Considering the form of the thoracic space in reference to the general form of the trunk of the living body, I see reason to doubt whether the practitioner can by any boasted delicacy of manipulation, detect an abnormal state of the pulmonary organs by percussion, or the use of the stethoscope, applied at those regions which he terms coracoid, scapulary, subclavian, &c., if the line of his examination be directed from before backwards.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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There is also a process overhanging the glenoid cavity (g.) wherein the humerus articulates, which process is called coracoid (co.); it is ossified from two separate centres, and represents
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The processes at the summit of the _coracoid_, which receive the extremities of the furcula, form a more perfect cavity in some tumblers than in the rock-pigeon: in pouters these processes are larger and differently shaped, and the exterior angle of the extremity of the coracoid, which is articulated to the sternum, is squarer.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845
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A. altus is poorly known, but not as poorly known as A. fragillimus: it was first described for vertebrae, a pubic bone and a femur (Cope 1878), but a scapula, coracoid, ulna and partial skull were later referred to it.
Biggest sauropod ever (part…. II) Darren Naish 2007
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A. altus is poorly known, but not as poorly known as A. fragillimus: it was first described for vertebrae, a pubic bone and a femur (Cope 1878), but a scapula, coracoid, ulna and partial skull were later referred to it.
Archive 2007-01-01 Darren Naish 2007
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Short head: coracoid process of scapula with coracobrachialis INSERTION posterior border of bicipital tuberosity of radius over bursa and bicipital aponeurosis to deep fascia and subcutaneous ulna
Archive 2009-01-01 Steve Perry 2009
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I was very excited to find a nice Dryosaurus coracoid, partial femur (pictured below) and two phalanges (toe bones).
Archive 2009-07-01 ReBecca Foster 2009
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I was very excited to find a nice Dryosaurus coracoid, partial femur (pictured below) and two phalanges (toe bones).
Fieldwork Friday #9 ReBecca Foster 2009
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Pointing to similarities in the shape of the orbit, snout tip and crest, and the anatomy of the coracoid, Alex Kellner (2003a, b, 2004) has argued that Tapejara and Tupuxuara should be united as the Tapejaridae.
Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Pointing to similarities in the shape of the orbit, snout tip and crest, and the anatomy of the coracoid, Alex Kellner (2003a, b, 2004) has argued that Tapejara and Tupuxuara should be united as the Tapejaridae.
Those sexy tupuxuarids Darren Naish 2006
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