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DELTOID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
Synonyms:
deltoid; deltoid muscle; musculus deltoideus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("deltoid" is a kind of...):
skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)
Holonyms ("deltoid" is a part of...):
rotator cuff (a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex
Classified under:
Similar:
simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)
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