Definition of Omoplates

1. omoplate [n] - See also: omoplate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Omoplates

omoconazole
omohyoid
omohyoid muscle
omohyoids
omomyid
omomyids
omophagia
omophagias
omophagic
omophagies
omophagy
omophoria
omophorion
omophorions
omoplate
omoplates (current term)
omoplatoscopy
omostegite
omosterna
omosternal
omosternum
omothyroid
omotracheal triangle
omov
omovs
omphacine
omphacite
omphacites
omphal-
omphalectomy

Literary usage of Omoplates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1830)
"The omoplates, clavicles, and anterior part of the sternum, have disappeared. Another skeleton, from a larger individual, with the teeth less narrow. ..."

2. The Geology of the South-east of England by Gideon Algernon Mantell (1833)
"In the fossil before us, the omoplates (of which restored outlines are given in p. ... These bones are about twelve times larger than the omoplates of a ..."

3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... and omoplates of both sides. There was a peculiarity in the structure of the last-mentioned parts which, in the opinion of Dr. Mantell, warranted the ..."

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