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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