coracoid

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cor=a=coid

CIDE DICTIONARY

coracoid, a. [Gr. ; ko`rax crow + e'i^dos form.].

•  Shaped like a crow's beak.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

coracoid, n. 

 The coracoid bone or process.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

coracoid, n. (in full coracoid process) a short projection from the shoulder-blade in vertebrates.

Etymology

mod.L coracoides f. Gk korakoeides raven-like f. korax -akos raven