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noun
Scapular  n.  (Zool.) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.



Scapulary, Scapular  n.  
1.
(R. C. Ch.)
(a)
A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons.
(b)
The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion.
2.
(Surg.) A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.



adjective
Scapular  adj.  Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder.
Scapular arch (Anat.), the pectoral arch. See under pectoral.
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.






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... cingulatum, LATR., A. scapulare, LATR. None of them creates the refuge in which the cotton goods are manufactured. Like the Osmiae and the Leaf-cutters, they are homeless vagrants, adopting, each to her own taste, such shelter as the work of others affords. The Scapular Anthidium is loyal to the dry bramble, deprived of its pith and turned into a hollow tube by the industry of various mining Bees, among which figure, in the front rank, the Ceratinae, dwarf rivals of the Xylocopa, ...
— Bramble-bees and Others • J. Henri Fabre

... powerfully, and so do the popular Catholic exhibitions of great feasts and processions. They display without any objection, but rather with great pleasure, the pious objects and insignia of any devotion or pious association to which they belong; and in many places the women wear the scapular or rosary around the neck as a part or complement of their dress. It may be said that there is no house or family, however poor it be, that does not have a domestic altar or oratory. There are some careless Christians among the Filipino ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (Vol 28 of 55) • Various

... examination, I noticed that he removed from his neck what appeared to be a very large scapular. I asked him what it could be. It was a haddock's fin-bone—a charm against rheumatism. The peculiarity of the fin consists in the fact that the fish must be taken from the water and the fin cut out before the animal touches anything whatever, especially ...
— A Labrador Doctor - The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell • Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

... will divide the body into five segments—the head, the cervical, the scapular, the abdominal, and the gluteal. At the junction of the head with the neck is a large deep collar or ruff or fold of skin, which gives a very peculiar appearance to the animal. Behind this is a second similar but smaller ruff, which does not hang so low down from the throat as the first. ...
— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon • Robert A. Sterndale

... diadema, LATR., A. manicatum, LATR., A. cingulatum, LATR., A. scapulare, LATR. None of them creates the refuge in which the cotton goods are manufactured. Like the Osmiae and the Leaf-cutters, they are homeless vagrants, adopting, each to her own taste, such shelter as the work of others affords. The Scapular Anthidium is loyal to the dry bramble, deprived of its pith and turned into a hollow tube by the industry of various mining Bees, among which figure, in the front rank, the Ceratinae, dwarf rivals of the Xylocopa, ...
— Bramble-bees and Others • J. Henri Fabre


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