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The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.

Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder Scapular arch (Anat.), the pectoral arch. See under pectoral. -- Scapular region, or Scapular tract (Zoöl.), a definite longitudinal area over the shoulder and along each side of the back of a bird, from which the scapular feathers arise.

A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons.

Same as Scapular, a.

Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.

Pertaining to the upper back, or the part between the shoulders; as, the interscapular feathers.

The interscapular feathers of a bird.

A process from the middle of the scapula in some animals; the spine of the scapula.

Of or pertaining to the mesoscapula.

The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula.

Of or pertaining to the postscapula; infraspinous.

Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc.

The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula.

(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prescapula; supraspinous.

Situated beneath the scapula; infrascapular; as, the subscapular muscle.

The scapula or shoulder blade.

The scapula. See Blade, 4.

The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter

lder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals.

A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.