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splenius

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈspliː.ni.əs/Part of speech nounSorted eilnpssuStarts with SEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A flat neck or upper-back muscle that helps move the head and neck.

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin splēnius, from splēnium (“a plaster, patch”) + -ius (adjectival suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • He caressed and parted [...] her lank loose, nearly lumbus-length (when she threw her head back as now) black silks as he tried to get at her bed-warm splenius.

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