Usually means: Neck muscle, rotates and flexes.
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  1. sternocleidomastoid muscle: Merriam-Webster
  2. sternocleidomastoid muscle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  4. sternocleidomastoid muscle: Wiktionary
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  6. Sternocleidomastoid muscle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. sternocleidomastoid muscle: Rhymezone
  8. sternocleidomastoid muscle: FreeDictionary.org
  9. sternocleidomastoid muscle: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  3. sternocleidomastoid muscle: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sternocleidomastoid muscle)

noun:  (anatomy) A long thick superficial muscles on each side of the anterior neck which arises by one head from the first segment of the sternum and by a second from the inner part of the clavicle, that inserts into the mastoid process of the temporal bone and that acts especially to bend, flex, rotate and extend the head.

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