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WordNet
n. either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms [syn: teres muscle]
Wikipedia
Teres may refer to:
Anatomy:
- Teres major muscle, a muscle of the upper limb; one of six scapulohumeral muscles
- Teres minor muscle, a narrow, elongated muscle of the rotator cuff
- Pronator teres muscle, a muscle located mainly in the human forearm
- Pronator teres syndrome, a compression neuropathy of the median nerve at the elbow
- Ligamentum teres (disambiguation)
Odrysian rulers:
- Teres I, the first king of the Odrysian state of Thrace (reigned 475-445 BC)
- Teres II, king of the Odrysians in middle Thrace from 351 BC to 342 BC, succeeding his father, Amatokos II
- Teres III, king of the Odrysians in Thrace in ca. 149 BC, the son of Cotys IV
Geography:
- Teres Ridge, a ridge of elevation 330 m near Siddins Point on the Hero Bay coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica
Given name:
- Teres Shulkowsky (born 1989), an Israeli football defender currently playing for the Maccabi Netanya football club
Family name:
- Joan Terès i Borrull (1538-1603), Spanish archbishop and viceroy of Catalonia
Species name in binomial nomenclature:
- Acianthera teres, a species of orchid
- Blasicrura teres, a species of sea snail
- Bulbophyllum teres, a species of orchid
- Diodia teres, a species of flowering plant in the coffee family
- Drechslera teres f. maculata, a plant pathogen
- Elimia teres, a species of freshwater snail
- Gonospira teres, a species of air-breathing land snail
- Perilla teres, a species of spider
- Pyrenophora teres, a necrotrophic fungal pathogen
- Pyrenophora teres f. maculata, a plant pathogen
- Pyrenophora teres f. teres, a plant pathogen
- Teretia teres, a species of sea snail
- Trombidium teres, a species of mite
- Xymene teres, a species of predatory sea snail
Usage examples of "teres".
Calculating the throw with assumed nonchalance, Teres shrugged tension from well-trained muscle and raised the knife.
But Teres had fumbled the release, and the knife struck the circle hilt first, its impact dislodging Malchion’s weapon.
Watch the temper, Teres, and next time don’t forget whose hands taught you to throw a knife, nor try again to match keenness of eye and head for drink with the old master!
She was a strange creature, Teres, who had devoted most of her 25 years to denying her femininity, and with startling success.
Was Teres serious about bedding the wench, or was she only sincere in baiting her father?
So Teres is his son—and since a woman has never really made it as a ruler among the clans of Wollendan, Malchion has spared no pains to mold his daughter into warrior lord.
So Teres was a tomboy far back as anyone ever noticed, and it amused Malchion to encourage her mimicry of himself and his companions.
Then after it came about that Teres was his only heir, he devoted his all-out efforts to reshaping her into a son.
The last revelers had grown tired, and the dark, paneled room was deserted when Teres and Kane returned to the scene of her debauched contest for the slave girl.
Pushing past the two men, Teres swung open Ossvalt’s door and entered.
It’s a dark night, and I might have been disguised,” Teres continued imperturbably.
Which meant, as Teres pointed out, that now Lutwion dare not relax his vigilance.
Knuckles jammed against teeth, Teres studied the slain guard intently.
Flashing out her dagger, Teres tore loose a strip of cloth from the black shirt she wore.
After all, Teres reminded herself, they knew not the face of the man they hunted.