Shaped like a crow's beak; denoting a process of the scapula. [G. korakodes, like a crow's beak, fr. korax, raven, + eidos, appearance]
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cor·a·coid 'kȯr-ə-.kȯid, 'kär- adj of, relating to, or being a process of the scapula in most mammals or a well-developed cartilage bone of many lower vertebrates that extends from the scapula to or toward the sternum see PECTORAL GIRDLE
coracoid n a coracoid bone or process
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cor·a·coid (korґə-koid) [Gr. korakoeidēs crowlike] 1. like a raven's beak. 2. the coracoid process (processus coracoideus scapulae [TA]).Medical dictionary. 2011.