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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

scapulaire

. Cf.

Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder.

Scapular arch

(Anat.)

the pectoral arch. See under

–

Scapular region

, or

Scapular tract

(Zool.)

a definite longitudinal area over the shoulder and along each side of the back of a bird, from which the scapular feathers arise.

Noun.

(Zool.)

One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.

Adj.

[L. scapularis.] Pertaining to the shoulder, or to the scapula; as the scapular arteries.

Noun.

[supra.]

In anatomy, the name of two pairs of arteries, and as many veins.

In ornithology, a feather which springs from the shoulder of the wing, and lies along the side of the back.