shoulder blade

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shoulder blade

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From Middle English schuldre blad, from Old English *sċuldorblæd, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldrublad.

noun shoulder blades · shoulderblade · shoulder-blade

  1. Either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder.

    Similar: scapula, shoulder bone

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noun bone

Españolomóplato, escápula
한국어어깨뼈 eokkaeppyeo, 견갑골 gyeon'gapgol
日本語肩胛骨 kenkōkotsu, 肩甲骨 kenkōkotsu
中文肩胛骨 jiānjiǎgǔ
Portuguêsomoplata, espádua, escápula
Françaisomoplate
DeutschSchulterblatt
Italianoscapola
Ελληνικάωμοπλάτη omopláti
Românăomoplat, scapulă, spată
Русскийлопа́тка lopátka
Tiếng Việtxương bả vai
العربيةلَوْح اَلْكَتِف lawḥ al-katif, عَظْم كَتِفِيّ ʕaẓm katifiyy
עבריתשֶׁכֶם shéchem

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@misc{shoulder_blade_2026,
  title = {shoulder blade},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoulder%20blade},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}