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Noun: coracoid  'ko-ru`koyd [N. Amer], 'kó-ru`koyd [Brit]
  1. The coracoid bone or process
Adjective: coracoid  'ko-ru`koyd [N. Amer], 'kó-ru`koyd [Brit]
  1. Shaped like a crow's beak
     
  2. Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals

Derived forms: coracoids

Encyclopedia: Coracoid