† precoraco-comb. form
Zoology. Obsolete.
Connecting the precoracoid and the part denoted by the second element; consisting of the precoracoid fused with the part denoted by the second element.
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1872 G. M. Humphry Observ. Myology 33 Precoraco-brachial..arises from the whole of the outer surface of the precoracoid cartilage, with the exception of the marginal part.
1893 Proc. Royal Soc. 54 166 There is no more evidence in favour of the Nothosaurian coracoid being a coraco-precoracoid than there is in favour of the Pleisiosaurian scapula being a precoraco-scapula.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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