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Meaning of splenius | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈspliː.ni.əs

Definitions

Either of two flat oblique muscles which are attached to the vertebrae on each side of the neck and upper thoracic region and which draw back the head.

Equivalents

Français splénius

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

splenization spleno- splenocele splenocleisis splenocyte splenodynia

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