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Rhomboid

Rhōm'boid, n.

noun

(rōm'boid), n. [Fr. rhomboïde, Gr. ῥομβοειδής, from ῥόμβος, rhomb, and εἶδος, shape.] (Geom.) An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and width being different. Hutton.

A rhomboid with a dashed diagonal running from the lower-left corner to the upper-right corner. — Rhomboid.

Rhōm’boid, a.

adjective

a. The same as RHOM-BOIDAL.

Rhomboid muscle (Anat.), a muscle, so called from its shape, which arises in the spine, and is inserted into the posterior or inner edge of the scapula.