coracias 
garrvtn ). 
Coraciidae (kor-a-si'i-de), . pi. [NL., < Cora- 
cias, 2 (/<), + -iild:] A family of picarian birds, 
non-passerine and not related to the crows, be- 
longing to the group of coccygomorphs, and 
typified by the genus Coracius. it contains the 
forms known as rollers, of the genera Coracias, Kurynto- 
7fttW, Ll'l>tn'nul'*. Hn-ll >!;: t,', 'I'l'lll*, . 1 ''/nrilin, alld Gtobi- 
. of Africa, Asia, and Europe. The Coraciidw are 
tissirostral, and related to the broadbills, todies, ami mot- 
mots. The term has sometimes been made to cover an as- 
semblage of all these birds together, but is now definitely 
restricted as above. Also written Coracidas, Coraeiadae, 
Coraciinae (ko-ras-i-i'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Cora- 
cias, 2 (b), + -inn:.] The typical subfamily of 
the Coraciida:, distinguishing the rollers proper 
(of the genera ('oracias and Eurystomus) from 
the isolated Madagascan forms of the genera 
Leptosomus and Urachypteracias, which respec- 
tively represent other subfamilies. G. It. Gray. 
Also Coracina;, ('oraciana;, Coradana, Coracia- 
ilimr. See cut under Corar.inx. 
Ooracinat (kor-a-si'nii), n. [NL. (VieUlot, 1816), 
< L. corax (corac-), a raven, crow : see Corax and 
eoracine.] A genus name under which Vieillot 
grouped a number of heterogeneous species of 
birds, including certain fruit-crows of South 
America with some campophagine forms of the 
old world. It has been applied by other authors to sun- 
dry species of Gtitmiotlfrinae, CatH2^'ph(t!fidaf, etc. The 
type was QgmMBiunu fo&UnH, 
CoracinseH (kor-a-sl'ne), w. pi. [NL., < L. corax 
(corac-), a raven, crow, + -ince. Cf. Coracina 
and eoracine.] A term applied by Swainson in 
1831 to the South American fruit-crows, of the 
subfamily (lymnoderiiitK of the family Cotingida: 
A\so('oraci>iina:. 
Coracinae 2 (kor-a-si'ne), . pi. [NL.] Same 
as t'oriieiiiin: 
eoracine 1 1 (kor'a-sin), n. [< L. coracinus, < Gr. 
KopaKiviic, also KopaKivoc, a fish like a perch, found 
in the Nile, so called from its black color (cf. 
Ko/mKirof, a young raven), < xopdtnof, adj., like a 
raven, < wfyxjf (KOOOK-), a raven : see Corax.] A 
fish anciently called eoracinux, generally iden- 
tified with the ( 'liroiiiix cliromix, a species of the 
family Pomaci-ntrida;. By the older authors it was 
identitlcd with the Sciania or Corvitut umbra or niara or 
with the Utnbrina cirrhosa. 
The golden-headed coracine out of Egypt. 
MiddMon, Game at Chess, v. 3. 
coracine"t, " [^ L. coracinus, < Gr. xopawvoc, like 
a raven, raven-black, < itopaf (nopon-), a raven: 
see Corax.] Black; raven-black. 
Coracininaet (ko-ras-i-ni'ne), n. pi. Same as 
Coracina' 1 . Bonaparte, 1837; Cabanis, 1847. 
coracioid (ko-ras'i-oid), n. [< Coracias + -oid.] 
Roller-like; specifically, related to the Cora- 
ciiiliv, or belonging to the Coracioideai. 
Coracioideae (ko-ras-i-oi'de-e), n. pi. [NL., < 
Coracias + -oitlca: ] A superf amily of birds, in- 
cluding the families Stctitoniitliiiln: I'mlnrgida;, 
CapriiHiilgiiln: I'urneiidii; and LeptosomatUa, 
or the oil-birds, podargues, goatsuckers, rollers, 
and kirumbos. See coraciniil. 
Coracirostres (ko-ras-i-ros'trez), n. pi. [NL., 
< L. corax (nii-iii--), a raven, crow (see Corax), + 
rostrum, beak.] A general name of the corvine 
birds, considered as an 
order of I'asseres. A. 
/-'. liri/im. 
coracle (kor'a-kl), . [< 
W. conryl, also i-u-ni-iil. a 
coracle, < conrg. cirriro, 
a frame, carcass, boat, 
= Ir. niraehan, a skiff: 
see curracli.] A fisher- 
man's boat used in 
Wales anil on many 
parts of the hisii 
coast, made by covering 
a wicker frame with 
leather or oil-cloth : ;i 
kind of bull-boat. Also 
spelled cornicle. Fisherman with Coracle. 
1959 
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on Vagus breast tin- fretful waves, 
This shell ll|x)i] the di-fp would swim. 
Wtrtmartk, IHInd Highland UM.V 
COraco-acromlal (kor'a-ko-a-kro'mi-al), n. [< 
coraco(i<l) + iii-ri'iniini + -/.] In mint., per- 
taining to the coracoidand the acromion. Also 
<""'"") ""'('. Coraco-acromlal ligament, a stout 
UpUDCOl which connects tbr aiToniinn witb tin . at 
and is one of the ai . . --.>i\ -tinctures which defend the 
.slll.lll.lr! joint. 
coracobrachial (kor"a-k6-bra'ki-al), a. and n. 
[< Nlj. cnriifohriicliialiJi, <|. v.] I. n. In <in<il.. 
pertaining to the coracoid and the brachium or 
upper arm, or to the humerus: applied to the 
coracobrachialis. 
II. . The coracobrachialis. 
coracobrachialis (kor'a-ko-brak-i-a'lis), a. 
used as H. ; pi. eoracobrachiales (-lez). [NL., < 
coracindcs, coracoid, + L. brachium, arm : see 
coracoid and brachial.] A muscle which arises 
from the coracoid in common with the long 
head of the biceps, and is inserted into the 
shaft of the humerus. Its inner border forms for 
some distance the surgical guide to the brachial artery ; 
its action tends to extend the upper urin. See cut under 
munclf. 
coracoclavicular (kor'a-ko-kla-vik'u-ljir), a. 
[< forrico(iil) + clavicula + -sir*.] Inaxat., per- 
taining to the coracoid and the clavicle. Cora- 
coclavicular ligament, a strong fibrous band passing 
between and binding together the clavicle and the cora- 
cniil. It is divided into two portions, called from their 
shape cunoitt and trapfzoid. 
coracocostal (kor'a-ko-kos'tal), a. Same as 
costocoracoid. 
C0racohumeral(kora-ko-hu'me-ral), a. [< 
coraeo(id) + huniemis -r- -al.] In anai., ]>ertain- 
ing to the coracoid and the humerus. Coraco- 
humeral ligament, a flbrous band which forms a part of 
the capsular ligament of the shoulder -joint. 
coracoid (kor'a-koid), a. and n. [< NL. cora- 
coitles, coracoideus, < Gr. KopaKoctor/f, like a raven 
or crow, < jtopaf (KO/MK-), a raven or crow (see 
Corax), + fSof, form.] I. a. 1. Shaped like a 
crow's beak. 2. Pertaining to the coracoid; 
connected with the coracoid: as, the coracoid 
ligament Coracoid bone. Same as Il.-Coracold 
fontanelle, a space or vacuity between or among several 
coracoid elements, as in batrachlana Coracoid pro- 
cess, the coracoid of a mammal above a monotreme. 
II. H. The distal or ventral element of the 
scapular arch, extending from the scapula to 
or toward the sternum, of whatever size, shape, 
or position : so named from the fact that in 
adult man it somewhat resembles the beak of a 
crow in size and shape. See cut under scapula. 
In reptiles, birds, and monotrematous mammals the cora- 
coid is a comparatively large, distinct, and independent 
bone, articulated at one end with the shoulder-blade and 
at the other with the sternum. (See cuts under hyjmdi- 
dium and pectoral.) In all mammals above the mono- 
tremes it is much reduced, becoming a mere process of 
the scapula, flrmly aukylosed therewith and having no 
connection with the sternum, but normally having an in- 
dependent center of ossification. In amphibians the cora- 
coid varies in condition and relations, but when present 
conforms to the al>ove definition. In batrachians the 
coracoid is divided by a large membranous space or fim- 
tanel into a curat-uid proper, which lies behind this space, 
a persistently cartilaginous epicofacoid, which bounds the 
space internally, and a precoracoid in front of it. In nshes 
the term coracoid has been applied to several different 
parts, on the assumption of their hontology with the cora- 
coid of the higher vertebrates (see cut under Kapulocora- 
coid) : (a) by Cuvier and his followers, to the teleotem- 
poral ; (6) by Owen and others, to the prescapula ; (<) by 
Parker and other late writers, to the hypocoracoiit ; (a) 
by Gill, to the inner cartilage of the scapular arch and 
the bones into which it is disintegrated in the higher 
fishes. See these names, and also ectocwacoid, ejricora- 
coid t tiytn'rcoracoid, preroracirid, procoracoid. 
coracoidal (kor-a-koi'dal), a. [< coracoid + 
-<tl.] Of or pertaining to the coracoid. 
coracoideus (kor-a-koi'de-us), a. used as . ; 
pi. foracaiilci (-1). [NL. : see coracoid."] The 
coracobrachial muscle. 
coracomandibular (kor'a-ko-man-dib'u-liir), a. 
[< coraco(id) + mandibula + -or 3 .] In anat., 
pertaining to the coracoid bone and the mandi- 
ble or lower jaw-bone : as, a coracoinandibular 
muscle. 
coracomandibularis (kor'a-ko-man-dib-u-la'- 
ris), a. used as n.; pi. coracontandibulares (-rez). 
[NL. : see coracomandibular.] A coracoman- 
dibular muscle of some animals, as sharks, 
arising from the pectoral arch, and inserted 
into the lower iaw. 
coracomorph (kor'a-ko-m6rf), . One of the 
( 'iirni-iiiiioriiha' ; a crow form. 
Coracomorphae (kor*a-ko-m6r'fe), n.pl. [NL. 
(Huxley, 1867), < Gr. nopal- (ICO/JOK-), a raven, a 
crow, -I- //o,x/w}, form.] One of two great groups 
of birds (CfepwioMOfpito being (he other) into 
which Huxley divided his Jl\<ji1liiHiiuitlnr. it cor- 
responds to the Limit-ail /'nwwrrx or the riuicrian /*<w- 
coral 
II'. II ' llllfuMM.lll!'- t> pc-, to t||C 
" of SlIIKlcVall. Hll'l to til- /': :.lclll 
nilhul-. It is :m 1MIIIK Use asscinl.hi^c. colitailllliK a ma- 
j"rit\ of all I'ilil*. They t \liil, it tile t\Jiic;tl J.;i 
traotOIV, "r tin- 'cniw fiirni. 1 Hi' il t'-cliniciil cli;n.,i 
ters are : atiif^ilbo^iiatboiiH pit hit. ; nn ha>i|it i \-oiil |i<i 
CCMM ; a forked nianiibriiim sti-rni : tin- sternum 
iiotcb, .1 In liimi unit with short costlfcrou.s extent cwith 
few exci |,tii,ii-) ; uHtially a hrpoclldlimi ; an accessory 
scamilohlltneral bone ; a ni"l,il. insi-ti nt ballux directed 
backward; a Domini ratio of digital phalanges (2, 3, 4, !>); 
one carotid, tin b-ft ; a syrinx presenting every degree of 
ccmi|i!exity; a nude oil-gland ; an. I nitcislmfte.l plumage. 
Huxley was inclined to divide this great group primarily 
into two. one containing Menura (to which add Atrichia), 
the other all the Ivst. See PlUKTet. 
COracomorphic (kor'a-ko-mor'fik), a. [< Cora- 
i-oniorfihie + -ic.] Pertaining to or having the 
characters of the Coriin>iin>i-/ihti . 
COracopectoral (kor'a-ko-pek'to-ral), a. In 
mutt., < eted with or connecting the cora- 
coid and the thorax: as, a coracopcctoral mus- 
cle. 
COracopectoralis (kor'a-ko-pek-to-ra'lis), a. 
used as n. ; pi. coriicoiiri-loriilrii (-le/.). [NL. ; 
as coraco(id) + pectoral.] The lesser pectoral 
muscle, or pectoralis minor, arising from the 
front of the chest, and inserted into the cora- 
coid. Cones. 
coraco-procoracoid (kor'a-ko-pro-kor'a-koid), 
a. [< coraco(id) + procoracoid.} Pertaining to 
the coracoid and the procoracoid : as, a coraco- 
lirni'oracoid symphyseal ligament. 
coracoscapular (kor'a-ko-skap'u-lar), a. and . 
[<. ciirai-ii(itl) + scapular. ~\ I. a. 1. Of or per- 
taining to the coracoid and the scapula. 2. 
Consisting of a coracoid and a scapula. 
The pectoral arch [of an osseous fish] always consists of 
a primarily cartilaginous coraco-tcapuiar portii >n which 
usually ossifies in two pieces, a coracoid below, and a 
scapula alM>ve and of sundry membrane bones. 
Huxley, Anat. Vert., p. 137. 
Coracoscapular angle, in ornilh. , the inclination of the 
axes of the coracoid and of the scapula toward each other. 
It is normally less than 90*, as in nearly all birds, but In 
the ratite birds approaches INI . thus affording one of the 
strong diagnostic marks of Ratitce as compared with Can- 
natce. Coracoscapular foramen. See/wami. 
II. a. That which consists of a coracoid and 
a scapula. 
Cartilages which are placed side by side and articulate 
with the curaco-scapular. Huxley, Anat. Vert., p. 138. 
Also scapulocoracoid. 
coracosteal (kor-a-kos'te-al), a. [< coracosteon 
+ -n/.] Of or pertaining to the coracostea : as, 
a coracosteal ossification. 
coracosteon (kor-a-kos'te-on), H. [NL., < Gr. 
n6pal; (KO/XIK-), a raven, + barim; bone.] In or- 
nith., a separate ossification of the sternum, or 
breast-bone, in relation with the coracoid: a 
term correlated with lophosteon, pleurostcon, 
metostcon, and urostcon. Parker. 
COracovertebral (kor"a-ko-ver'te-l>ral), a. [< 
coraco(id) + vertebra + -/.] Belonging to the 
coracoid bone and the vertebrse : applied to that 
angle of the scapula which is formed by its 
coracoid and vertebral borders, in man the pos- 
tero-superior angle. 
coradicate (ko-rad'i-kat), a. [< <-! + radi- 
cate, a.] In philol., of the same root; of the 
same ultimate origin. Skeat. 
cor age t, . and r. An obsolete form of courage. 
coran, Cora (ko'rft), . [< Hind, kord, new, 
plain (as silk undyed).] An India-pattern silk 
handkerchief.- Corah silk, a light washable silk from 
the East Indies, of .-realm while color. 
Corahismt (ko'ra-izm), n. [< Corah, Korah (LL. 
' '"/'), mentione'd in Num. xvi. 1, etc., + -ism.] 
A factious, contentious, or rebellious spirit : in 
allusion to the factious action of Corah and 
his companv as recounted in Numbers xvi. 
[Rare.] 
There are some, not thoughtless persons, who, in nu- 
merating the troublesome and scandalous things that have 
disturbed us in our New-English wilderness, have com- 
plained of a crime which they have distinguished by the 
name of coraliixm. or that litigious and levelling spirit 
witb which the separation has )>een leavened. 
C. Mather, Mag. Chris., vii. 1. 
coral (kor'al), . and a. [Early mod. E. also 
corall, corral, corrall, < ME. <v>ra/, < OF. coral, 
F. cor/, corail = Pr. coralh = Sp. Pg. corn! = 
It. corallo = D. koraal = G. korallc = Dan. koral 
= Sw. korall = OBulg. koralya = Serv. kraliyesh, 
kralish = Pol. koral = Russ. Icoraliki, koralh'i. 
dial, krali, = Lith. koralus, karrlkis= Lett, krcle 
= Hung, koliiris. klaris, < LL. corallum (NL. 
corallium), L. corallius, prop. coraUiim.ciiriiliiim. 
< Gr. KopafJiav. Ionic KovpaAurv, coral, esp. red 
coral; ult. origin uncertain.] I. n. 1. A general 
term for the hard calcareous skeleton secreted 
by the marine ccslenterate polyps for their sup- 
port and habitation (polypldom). The coral-pro- 
