interscapular

[in-ter-skap-yuh-ler]

adjective

Anatomy, Zoology.

1. between the scapulae or shoulder blades.

Word History and Origins

Origin of interscapular¹

First recorded in 1715–25; inter- + scapular ¹

Example Sentences

Description.—Above violaceous blue; while interscapular region darker, blackish; wings and tail black, edged with blue; narrow front, lores, and sides of the head deep velvety black, well defined; body beneath and under wing-coverts clear ochraceous; under surfaces of wings and tail blackish; bill black; - 38 -feet brown: whole length 5·8 inches, wing 3·1, tail 2·2.

From Project Gutenberg

Head, neck, rump, upper tail coverts, and whole under surface white; lores next to the eye sooty black; back, wings, and end of the tail dark sooty brown; interscapular region paler; base of the tail whitish.

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In most of thirty-five specimens taken in mid-June, 1953, in California, the nape of the neck, the interscapular area, and a connected area extending laterally onto each shoulder are so lightly furred that the skin shows through conspicuously.

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It is commonly seen upon the sternal and interscapular regions.

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Quite frequently, especially in the interscapular and sternal regions, the segmental configuration constitutes an important feature of seborrhœa—of the eczema seborrhoicum variety.

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