scapular

scapular
adjective
  1. (Anatomy & Zoology)of or relating to the shoulder or shoulder blade
    (剖,动)肩的;肩胛(骨)的
noun
  1. a short monastic cloak covering the shoulders
    (修道士披的)无袖圣服,肩衣
    ■a symbol of affiliation to an ecclesiastical order, consisting of two strips of cloth hanging down the breast and back and joined across the shoulders
    (在肩上相连,垂于胸前和背后,象征虔诚的)肩布
  2. (Medicine)a bandage passing over and around the shoulders
    (医)肩胛绷带
  3. (Ornithology)a scapular feather
    (鸟)肩羽
语源
  1. late 15th cent. (in sense 1 of the noun): from late Latin scapulare, from scapula 'shoulder'. The adjective (late 17th cent.) and the later senses of the noun are from scapula + -ar
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