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shoulder blade

noun

  1. the scapula.


shoulder blade

noun

  1. the nontechnical name for scapula


shoulder blade

/ shōldər /

  1. See scapula


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shoulder blade1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

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Example Sentences

So they took the shoulder blade of an elk and built mounds like the first and buried the corn in them.

Philip's only garden tool was a hoe, made of clam shells or of a moose's shoulder-blade fastened to a wooden handle.

First, the shoulder blade is taken out, then the bone which follows down along the leg.

After taking out the shoulder blade the cutting must all be done from the inside.

When the shoulder blade is reached, push the flesh from it with the fingers, as in Fig. 35, until the wing joint is reached.

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