a. and sb. [f. EPI- + CORACOID.]
A. adj. The designation of a bone, or pair of bones, found in reptiles, etc., and forming a continuation of the coracoid. B. sb. The epicoracoid bone.
1839–47. Todd, Cycl. Anat., III. 377/1. The epicoracoids … are wanting in the bird.
1873. Mivart, Elem. Anat., iv. 158. An additional flat bone placed in front of the inner end of the coracoid, called the epicoracoid.
1875. Blake, Zool., 78. The clavicle is single, and, unlike that in the Monotremata, is not associated with an epicoracoid bone.
