interscapiliumn.
/ˌɪntəskəˈpɪlɪəm/ Zoology.
The space between the shoulder blades; the upper region of the back (esp. in birds). Also in modern forms interscapulium, interscapulum.
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1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Interscapulium, old term applied by Bartholin, Anat. iv. 19, p. 746, to the spine of the scapula..Applied by Illiger to the region of the back between the shoulder-blades in the Mammifera, between the wings in birds.
1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 583 A large white patch on the lower hind neck and the anterior portion of the interscapilium.
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