Scap·u·la n.; pl. L. Scapulae E. Scapulas
1. Anat. The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
2. Zool. One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.
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scapula
n : either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the
shoulder in human beings [syn: shoulder blade, shoulder
bone]
[also: scapulae (pl)]