Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The shoulder-blade or scapula.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Anat.) The shoulder blade, or scapula.

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  • noun anatomy The scapula.

Etymologies

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French, from Ancient Greek ὠμοπλάτη (ōmoplatē, "shoulder blade") from ὦμος (ōmos, "shoulder") + πλάτη (platē, "something flat or broad").

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