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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026scap•u•lar1
(skap′yə lər),USA pronunciation adj. - of or pertaining to the shoulders or the scapula or scapulae.
- Neo-Latin scapulāris. See scapula, -ar1
- 1680–90
- Religion[Eccles.]a loose, sleeveless monastic garment, hanging from the shoulders.
- Religiontwo small pieces of woolen cloth, joined by strings passing over the shoulders, worn under the ordinary clothing as a badge of affiliation with a religious order, a token of devotion, etc.
- Anatomy, Zoologyscapula.
- Birds[Ornith.]one of the scapular feathers. See illus. under bird.
- Medieval Latin scapulāre, noun, nominal use of neuter of scapulāris (adjective, adjectival). See scapular1
- 1475–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
scapular /ˈskæpjʊlə/ adj - of or relating to the scapula
n also called: scapulary - part of the monastic habit worn by members of many Christian, esp Roman Catholic, religious orders, consisting of a piece of woollen cloth worn over the shoulders, and hanging down in front and behind to the ankles
- two small rectangular pieces of woollen cloth joined by tapes passing over the shoulders and worn under secular clothes in token of affiliation to a religious order
- any of the small feathers that are attached to the humerus of a bird and lie along the shoulder
scap•u•la /ˈskæpyələ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -las, -lae /-ˌli/USA pronunciation .
- Anatomya flat triangular bone forming the back part of a shoulder;
shoulder blade.
scap•u•lar, adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026scap•u•la
(skap′yə lə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -las, -lae
(-lē′).USA pronunciation
- Anatomyeither of two flat, triangular bones, each forming the back part of a shoulder in humans;
shoulder blade. See diags. under shoulder, skeleton.
- Zoologya dorsal bone of the pectoral girdle.
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