ALL meanings of coracoid
cor·a·coid
C c - noun coracoid a paired ventral bone of the pectoral girdle in vertebrates. In mammals it is reduced to a peg (the coracoid process) on the scapula 3
- adjective coracoid 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 3
- noun coracoid this bony process or bone 3
- noun coracoid A short projection from the shoulder blade in mammals, to which part of the biceps is attached. 1
- adjective coracoid 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. 1
- noun coracoid a coracoid bone or process. 1
- noun coracoid (anatomy) Part of the scapula that projects towards the sternum in mammals; the coracoid process. 0
- noun coracoid (anatomy) A small bone linking the scapula and sternum in birds, reptiles and some other vertebrates. 0
- adjective coracoid Of, pertaining to or resembling such a process or bone. 0