a paired ventral bone of the pectoral girdle in vertebrates. In mammals it is reduced to a peg (the coracoid process) on the scapula
Word origin
C18: from New Latin coracoīdēs, from Greek korakoeidēs like a raven, curved like a raven's beak, from korax raven
coracoid in American English
(ˈkɔrəˌkɔɪd)
adjective
1.
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
noun
2.
this bony process or bone
Word origin
ModL coracoides < Gr korakoeidēs, like a raven < korax, raven1 + eidos, -oid