rhomboid

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1. any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade (noun.body)

hypernym	:	skeletal muscle, striated muscle,
definition	:	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 (noun.body)

hyponym	:	greater rhomboid muscle, musculus rhomboideus major, rhomboideus major muscle,
definition	:	rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal column (noun.body)

hyponym	:	lesser rhomboid muscle, musculus rhomboideus minor, rhomboid minor muscle,
definition	:	rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward (noun.body)

2. a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal (noun.shape)

hypernym	:	parallelogram,
definition	:	a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length (noun.shape)

derivation	:	rhomboid, rhomboidal,
definition	:	shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid (adj.pert)

3. shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	rhomboid,
definition	:	a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal (noun.shape)

derivation	:	rhomboid,
definition	:	a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal (noun.shape)

4. a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal (noun.shape)

derivation	:	rhomboid, rhomboidal,
definition	:	shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid (adj.pert)

5. shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	rhomboid,
definition	:	a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal (noun.shape)

derivation	:	rhomboid,
definition	:	a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal (noun.shape)