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scapula

scap·u·la [ skáppyələ ] (plural scap·u·lae [ skáppyəlee ] or scap·u·las)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. bone forming back of shoulder: either of two large flat triangular bones that form the back of the shoulder in humans

2. shoulder blade in vertebrates: a bone in vertebrates that corresponds to the human shoulder blade

[Late 16th century. < late Latin, singular < Latin scapulae "shoulder blades"]
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