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scapula

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  1. shoulder blade        
 
scap.u.la \'skap-y*-l*\ \-y*-.le-, -.li-\ n or scap.u.lae or scapulas [NL, 
   fr. L, shoulder blade, shoulder] pl  : either of a pair of large triangular 
   bones lying one in each dorsal late ral part of the thorax, forming the 
   principal bone of the corresponding half of the shoulder girdle, and 
   articulating with the corresponding clavicle or coracoid