Coracoid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coracoid \Cor"a*coid\, n.
     The coracoid bone or process.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Coracoid \Cor"a*coid\, a. [Gr. ?; ko`rax crow + e'i^dos form.]
     1. Shaped like a crow's beak.
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     2. (Anat.) 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.
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