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parascapular

parascapular adjective: over the scapula.

Adjective

parascapular (not comparable)

  1. Over the scapula.
    • No parascapular spine has ever been found in Stegosaurus.2015 October 15, “The Postcranial Skeleton of an Exceptionally Complete Individual of the Plated Dinosaur Stegosaurus stenops (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of...

Origin of parascapular

From para- + scapular.

Questions about parascapular

What does parascapular mean?
Parascapular means over the scapula.
What part of speech is parascapular?
Parascapular is an adjective.

Words near parascapular in the dictionary

  1. parasaurolophins
  2. parasaurolophus
  3. parasaurolophuses
  4. Parascandola
  5. Parascandolas
  6. parascapular
  7. parascarosis
  8. parascend
  9. parascended
  10. parascender
  11. parascenders

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