scapula

noun

Either of two large, flat, triangular bones forming the back part of the shoulder.

noun

In anatomy, the shoulder-blade, or blade-bone, or omoplate.

noun

In Crinoidea, one of the plates in the cup which give rise to the arms.

noun

In entomology: One of the parapsides or plicæ scapulares on the side of the mesothorax.

noun

A pleura, including the episternum and epimeron, the latter being distinguished by Burmeister as the posterior wing of the scapula. Also scapularium. See parapsis.

noun

A shoulder-tippet, or shoulder-cover. See patagium .

noun

A trochanter of the fore leg.

noun

The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.

noun

One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.

noun

Either of the two large, flat, bones forming the back of the shoulder.