Humerus

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  • noun. The long bone of the arm or forelimb, extending from the shoulder to the elbow.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In anatomy: The bone of the upper arm, extending from the shoulder-joint to the elbow-joint.
  • noun. The proscapula of fishes: so called by Cuvier and his followers.
  • noun. The mesocoracoid of fishes: so designated by Owen and others.
  • noun. The shoulder or upper arm and associated parts.
  • noun. In entomology: The femur of the fore leg; the brachium.
  • noun. The subcostal or sub-marginal vein of the fore wing of certain hymenopters.
  • noun. The front corner of the thoracic region seen from above; the shoulder: this may be the prothorax, as in Coleoptera, or the mesothorax, as in Diptera.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb.
  • noun. The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The bone of the upper arm.
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  • noun. bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow
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    arm bone  
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    humeri