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| antelope |
an animal with horns, a long neck, long legs, and hooves. Antelopes are known for their fast running. Antelopes are mammals that eat plants and chew their cud. The smallest kind of antelope is only one foot tall; the largest antelope is six feet tall at the shoulder. Gazelles, gnus, and impalas are all antelopes. Most antelopes live in Africa; some also live in Asia. [1/2 definitions] |
| arm1 |
the part of the body between the shoulder and the wrist. [1/2 definitions] |
| armpit |
the hollow formed beneath the arm at the shoulder. |
| baldric |
a belt, often decorated, that is worn over the shoulder and diagonally across the body to carry a sword or bugle. |
| bandeau |
a simple brassiere, with or without shoulder straps, that consists of a single band of fabric. [1/2 definitions] |
| banderilla |
a long, barbed, often decorated dart that a banderillero sticks into the neck or shoulder of a bull. |
| bandoleer |
a shoulder belt with loops or pouches for ammunition. |
| bazooka |
a shoulder-held, cylindrical rocket-launcher that fires an armor-penetrating shell. |
| berm |
a narrow ledge or shoulder, as alongside a road or canal. [1/3 definitions] |
| bindle |
(slang, old-fashioned) a bundle of possessions carried by a hobo, usually including bedding. Traditionally, a bindle might be tied to a stick and carried over the shoulder. |
| blade |
either of two large flat triangular bones forming the back parts of the shoulders; shoulder blades. [1/6 definitions] |
| blunderbuss |
an early shoulder-gun having a short barrel, flared at the muzzle to scattershot at close range. [1/2 definitions] |
| brachium |
the part of the arm that reaches from the shoulder to the elbow, or a similar part of an appendage such as a wing or flipper. [1/2 definitions] |
| bursitis |
a painful disorder caused by the inflammation of a bursa, esp. in a joint of the shoulder, elbow, or knee. |
| chuck2 |
a cut or section of beef taken from the area between the neck and shoulder blades. [1/2 definitions] |
| clavicle |
either of two bones joining the breastbone and the shoulder blades; collarbone. |
| collarbone |
either of two bones joining the breastbone and the shoulder blades. |
| coracoid |
a bone that extends from shoulder blade to breastbone in reptiles and birds, but that is only a rudimentary bony process in mammals. [1/2 definitions] |
| corsage |
a small bunch of flowers worn by a woman at the shoulder, waist, or on the wrist. |
| deltoid |
a thick, triangular muscle that covers the shoulder joint and functions to raise the arm laterally. [1/3 definitions] |
| dub1 |
to award the title of knight to by tapping or striking lightly on the shoulder, usu. with a sword. [1/2 definitions] |
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