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Scapular

noun
1.
A feather covering the shoulder of a bird.
2.
Garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit.  Synonym: scapulary.



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circumflex scapular artery
dorsal scapular vein


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"Scapular" Quotes from Famous Books



... -(black)-. b.v., brachial (from fore limb). e.j., external jugular. h.v., hepatic vein. i.j., internal jugular. [in.v., innominate vein.] l.v.c.s., left vena cava superior. p.v., cutaneous vein. [s.cl.v., sub-clavian vein] s.s.r., sub-scapular vein. v.c.i., vena ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells
... sullen dignity; her ample black robe and scapular seeming, as it were, to swell out in yet prouder folds as she listened to the reasons and the emergencies which compelled the Constable of Chester to defer the marriage which he avowed was the dearest wish of his heart, until after his ...
— The Betrothed • Sir Walter Scott


Words linked to "Scapular" :   plume, scapulary, circumflex scapular artery, scapula, dorsal scapular vein, feather, monastic habit, garment, plumage


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