| NOUN | shape | rhomboid | a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths |
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| body | rhomboid, rhomboid muscle | any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade | |
| ADJECTIVE | pert | rhomboid, rhomboidal | shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid |
| Meaning | shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid. | |
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| Example | "rhomboidal shapes" | |
| Synonym | rhomboidal | |
| Spanish | romboide | |
| Catalan | romboïdal | |
| Nouns | rhomboid | a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths |
| Meaning | A parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal. | |
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| Broader | parallelogram | A quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length |
| Spanish | romboide | |
| Catalan | romboide | |
| Adjectives | rhomboid, rhomboidal | shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid |
| Meaning | Any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade. | |
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| Synonym | rhomboid muscle | |
| Narrower | rhomboid minor muscle, lesser rhomboid muscle, musculus rhomboideus minor | rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward |
| rhomboideus major muscle, greater rhomboid muscle, musculus rhomboideus major | rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal column | |
| Broader | skeletal muscle, striated muscle | A muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton |
| Spanish | músculo romboide | |
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