Del·toid a.
1. Shaped like the Greek Δ (delta); delta-shaped; triangular.
Deltoid leaf Bot., a leaf in the form of a triangle with the stem inserted at the middle of the base.
Deltoid muscle Anat., a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint, which serves to raise the arm directly upward.
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deltoid muscle
n : a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and
serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
[syn: deltoid, musculus deltoideus]