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blade |
either of two large flat triangular bones forming the back parts of the shoulders; shoulder blades. [1/6 definitions] |
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] |
rhomboideus |
either of two muscles that connect the vertebrae in the upper back to the shoulder blades. |
scapula |
either of the two flat, roughly triangular bones that form the back part of a human shoulder; shoulder blade. |
scapular |
a shoulder blade. [2/5 definitions] |
withers |
on a horse or similar animal, the highest spot on the back, at the base of the neck between the shoulder blades. |
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