单词 | coracoid |
释义 | coracoid /kawr"euh koyd', kor"-/, Anat., Zool. adj. 1. 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. n. 2. a coracoid bone or process. [1700-10; < NL coracoides < Gk korakoeidés ravenlike, hooked like a raven's beak, equiv. to korak- (s. of kórax) raven + -oeides -OID] |
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