teres

English Thesaurus

1. either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms (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	:	musculus teres major, teres major, teres major muscle,
definition	:	teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially (noun.body)

hyponym	:	musculus teres minor, teres minor, teres minor muscle,
definition	:	teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally (noun.body)

part meronym	:	shoulder,
definition	:	the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm (noun.body)