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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scapula \Scap"u*la\ (sk[a^]p"[-u]*l[.a]), noun; pl. L. {Scapul[ae]}, E. {Scapulas}. [L.]
1. (Anat.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
scapula
noun: either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings [syn: {shoulder blade}, {shoulder bone}] [also: {scapulae} (pl)]
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