omoplate

Definitions of omoplate
  1. noun
    either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings
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    type of:
    os
    rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
  2. noun
    a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
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    type of:
    structure anatomique, structure du corps
    a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
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