Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In ichthyology, the post-temporal; the upper bone of the shoulder-girdle, usually joined to the cranium.

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Examples

  • So whether Grove meant to go for an omoplata or not, it sure looked like either that or the beginning of an armbar.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2009

  • Grove might not have been intending to go for the omoplata, but the first place his right leg went was to the opposite side of Rosholt's head to trap the shoulder ... it wasn't over the back of the head.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2009

  • Kendall Grove turning Rosholt's arm triangle into his omoplata and then his triangle choke was slick as hell

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2009

  • Kendall Grove turning Rosholt's arm triangle into his omoplata and then his triangle choke was slick as hell

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2009

  • Grove might not have been intending to go for the omoplata, but the first place his right leg went was to the opposite side of Rosholt's head to trap the shoulder ... it wasn't over the back of the head.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2009

  • Dikun used his legs well, at times working for an omoplata and triangle choke.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2009

  • Rather than trying to front roll out of the omoplata, what if I try to quicky spin out andface the guy.

    Planet Judo 2009

  • Grant tries an omoplata, but Chonan escapes and feeds him some punches.

    SLAM! Sports 2009

  • Rather than trying to front roll out of the omoplata, what if I try to quicky spin out andface the guy.

    Planet Judo 2009

  • Rob R. get off rogans sack, even grove said he didnt go for an omoplata and that he was going for the triangle the whole time.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2009

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  • For a moment, I thought post-temporal meant that omoplata was a time-travelling fishbone. Then I remembered there are temporal lobes of the brain. It's a boring non-time-jumping fishbone.

    August 24, 2015