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scapular

adjective

of the shoulder, scapula, or scapulae

noun

  1. a sleeveless outer garment falling from the shoulders, worn as part of a monk's habit
  2. two small pieces of cloth joined by strings, worn on the chest and back, under the clothes, by some Roman Catholics as a token of religious devotion or as a badge of some order
  3. a feather growing from a bird's scapular region
  4. Surgery a bandage passed over the shoulder to support it or to keep another bandage in place

See scapular in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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