hypocoracoid

1 of 2

noun

hy·​po·​coracoid

: a hypocoracoid bone

hypocoracoid

2 of 2

adjective

"

: of, relating to, or being the lower of two bones at the base of the pectoral fin attached behind the clavicle and sometimes regarded as homologous with the coracoid of the higher vertebrates

Word History

Etymology

Noun

hypo- + coracoid

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