- coracoid
- n. bone of the beak, bone of the snout, bone of the nose adj. of the snout, out the beak, of the nose
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coracoid — CORACOÍD, Ă, coracoizi, de, adj. (Şi substantivat, f.) (Formaţie anatomică) care se aseamănă cu un cioc de corb. ♢ Apofiză coracoidă = apofiză a omoplatului. – Din fr. coracoïde. Trimis de romac, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 coracoíd adj. m. (sil … Dicționar Român
Coracoid — Cor a*coid, n. The coracoid bone or process. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Coracoid — Cor a*coid, a. [Gr. ?; ko rax crow + e i^dos form.] 1. Shaped like a crow s beak. [1913 Webster] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Coracoid — Coracoid, Rabenschnabelbein ⇒ Schultergürtel … Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie
coracoid — [kôr′ə koid΄] adj. [ModL coracoides < Gr korakoeidēs, like a raven < korax,RAVEN1 + eidos, OID] designating or of a rudimentary bony process on the shoulder blade in mammals, or a bone in monotremes and certain fossil reptiles that extends… … English World dictionary
Coracoid — A coracoid is a paired bone which is part of the shoulder assembly in all vertebrates except therian mammals (therians = marsupials and placentals). In therian mammals (including humans), a coracoid process is present as part of the scapula, but… … Wikipedia
Coracoid — Skelett eines Afrikanischen Straußes von vorn. 1 Brustbein, 2 Coracoid, 3 Schlüsselbein, 4 Schulterblatt (5 Oberarmknochen, 6 Rippen, 7 Oberschenkelknochen, 8 Schienbein, 9 Wadenbein) Das Coracoid oder Os coracoideum (Raben(schnabel)bein, zu gr.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
coracoid — Shaped like a crow s beak; denoting a process of the scapula. [G. korakodes, like a crow s beak, fr. korax, raven, + eidos, appearance] * * * cor·a·coid kȯr ə .kȯid, kär adj of, relating to, or being a process of the scapula in most mammals or… … Medical dictionary
coracoid — adjective Etymology: New Latin coracoides, from Greek korakoeidēs, literally, like a raven, from korak , korax raven more at raven Date: 1741 of, relating to, or being a process of the scapula in most mammals or a well developed cartilage bone of … New Collegiate Dictionary
coracoid — /kawr euh koyd , kor /, Anat., Zool. adj. 1. pertaining to the bone that in reptiles, birds, and monotremes articulates with the scapula and the sternum and that in humans and other higher mammals is a reduced bony process of the scapula having… … Universalium
coracoid — 1. noun a) Part of the scapula that projects towards the sternum in mammals; the coracoid process b) A small bone linking the scapula and sternum in birds, reptiles and some other vertebrates 2. adjective … Wiktionary
