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English Dictionary: Rhomboid by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhomboid
adj
  1. shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid; "rhomboidal shapes"
    Synonym(s): rhomboid, rhomboidal
n
  1. a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
  2. any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade
    Synonym(s): rhomboid, rhomboid muscle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhomboid \Rhom"boid\ (r[ocr]m"boid), n. [Gr. [?][?][?]
      rhomboidal; [?][?][?] rhomb + e'i^dos shape: cf. F.
      rhombo[8b]de.] (Geom.)
      An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only
      the opposite sides equal, the length and with being
      different.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhomboid \Rhom"boid\ (r[ocr]m"boid), a.
      Same as {Rhomboidal}.
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