烏口骨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	口	骨
う Jinmeiyō	こう Grade: 1	こつ Grade: 6
goon	kan’on

Etymology

烏 (“crow”) +‎ 口 (“mouth”) +‎ 骨 (“bone”), calque of New Latin os coracoīdeum

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うこーこつ [ùkóꜜòkòtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝko̞ːko̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

烏(う)口(こう)骨(こつ) • (ukōkotsu)

a coracoid (small bone linking the scapula and sternum in birds, reptiles and some other vertebrates)
Synonyms: 烏喙骨 (ukaikotsu), 烏啄骨 (utakukotsu)

See also

烏(う)口(こう)突(とっ)起(き) (ukō tokki)
烏(からす)口(ぐち) (karasuguchi)

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