Word Meanings - BLADEBONE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The scapula. See Blade, 4.

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• SCAPULARY
  See A
• BLADEFISH
  A long, thin, marine fish of Europe ; the ribbon fish.
• BLADE
  The principal rafters of a roof. Weale. 6. pl. (more info) Dan., & Sw. blad, Icel. bla, OHG. blat, G. blatt, and perh. to L. folium, Gr. . The root is prob. the same as that of AS. bl, E. blow, 1. Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of
• BLADEBONE
  The scapula. See Blade, 4.
• SCAPULA
  The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
• BLADESMITH
  A sword cutler.
• SCAPULAR; SCAPULARY
  A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place. (more info) A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons. The name given to two pieces of
• BLADED
  Composed of long and narrow plates, shaped like the blade of a knife. (more info) 1. Having a blade or blades; as a two-bladed knife. Decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass. Shak. 2. Divested of blades; as, bladed corn.
• SCAPULAR
  Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder Scapular arch , the pectoral arch. See under pectoral. -- Scapular region, or Scapular tract , a definite longitudinal area over the shoulder and along each side of the back of a bird, from which
• PRESCAPULA
  The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula.
• SUBSCAPULAR; SUBSCAPULARY
  Situated beneath the scapula; infrascapular; as, the subscapular muscle.
• INFRASCAPULAR
  Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.
• POSTSCAPULA
  The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula.
• TWYBLADE
  See TWAYBLADE
• INTERSCAPULAR
  Between the scapulæ or shoulder blades.
• TWAYBLADE
  Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two
• MESOSCAPULAR
  Of or pertaining to the mesoscapula.
• PRESCAPULAR
  Of or pertaining to the prescapula; supraspinous.
• MESOSCAPULA
  A process from the middle of the scapula in some animals; the spine of the scapula.
• PRAEORAL; PRAEPUBIS; PRAESCAPULA; PRAESCUTUM; PRAESTERNUM
  See ETC (more info) Præ*ster"num, n.
• POSTSCAPULAR
  Of or pertaining to the postscapula; infraspinous.