rhomboid muscle

English Thesaurus

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)