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Latissimus dorsi

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large, flat, dorsolateral muscle on the trunk, posterior to the arm, and partly covered by the trapezius on its median dorsal region.
  2. 2
    a broad flat muscle on either side of the back wordnet

Etymology

From Latin lātissimus (“widest, broadest”) (superlative of lātus (“wide, broad”)) + dorsī (genitive of dorsum (“the back”)).

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