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scapula


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scapula  \Scap"u*la\  (sk[a^]p"[-u]*l[.a]),  n.;  pl  L. 
  {Scapul[ae]},  E.  {Scapulas}.  [L.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  The  principal  bone  of  the  shoulder  girdle  in 
  mammals;  the  shoulder  blade. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  One  of  the  plates  from  which  the  arms  of  a 
  crinoid  arise. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scapula 
  n  :  either  of  two  flat  triangular  bones  one  on  each  side  of  the 
  shoulder  in  human  beings  [syn:  {shoulder  blade},  {shoulder 
  bone}] 




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