scapula /skapˈū-lə/

The shoulder blade

scapˈūlar adjective

Of the shoulder blade or shoulder

1. Orig ordinary working clothes, now the mark of the monastic orders, a long strip of cloth with an opening for the head, worn hanging in front and behind over the habit
2. Two pieces of cloth tied together over the shoulders, worn by members of certain lay confraternities (RC church)
3. A supporting bandage worn over the shoulder
4. Any of the small feathers lying along the shoulder in birds

scapˈūlary adjective and noun

Scapular

scapˈūlated adjective (zoology)

With noticeable scapular feathers

scapˈūlimancy or scapˈūlomancy noun

(see -mancy) divination by means of the cracks appearing in a burning shoulder blade

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