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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The scapula (which see).
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- noun Either of the large flat
bones at the back of theshoulder .
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- noun either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings
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ruzuzu commented on the word shoulder blade
"(Compare the shape of the rabbit's shoulder-blade, figured under metacromion, and of a bird's, under scapula.) See also cut under shoulder." --CD&C
June 1, 2012