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Omoplate

Omoplate \Om"o*plate\, n. [F., from Gr. ?. See Omo-, and Plate.] (Anat.) The shoulder blade, or scapula.

Usage examples of "omoplate".

High rose the copper-bolted portal, and within Two colonnades supported on strong omoplates The vaulted canopy, and beautiful it hung Above the temple, like a concave shield of gold.