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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) scapula
either of two flat triangular bones each forming the back part of a shoulder; shoulder blade.

2. scapula
a dorsal bone of the pectoral girdle.

Etymology: (1570–80; < L: shoulder)

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1. (noun) scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone
either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings

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1. (noun) SCAPULA
the principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade

2. (noun) SCAPULA
one of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise

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