Definition of Pectorals

1. Noun. (plural of pectoral) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pectorals

1. pectoral [n] - See also: pectoral

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectorals

pectoral muscle
pectoral muscles
pectoral reflex
pectoral region
pectoral ridge
pectoral sandpiper
pectoral vein
pectoral veins
pectoralgia
pectoralis
pectoralis major
pectoralis majors
pectoralis minor
pectoralis muscles
pectorally
pectorals (current term)
pectoriloquial
pectoriloquism
pectoriloquous
pectoriloquy
pectorodorsal muscle
pectorodorsalis muscle
pectorophony
pectose
pectoses
pectosic
pectosic acid
pectostraca
pectous
pectus

Literary usage of Pectorals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"i- two anals alternating with two dorsals, large and rounded pectorals, small ventral*, large month, and scales of moderate size. ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"The general color is a leaden gray, with greenish tints on the upper half of the body, and silvery white below; the pectorals have a wide whitish border; ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"The membrane has four rays ; the first rays of the dorsal, of the pectorals, and even of the ventrals, are stout spines. ..."

4. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1870)
"pectorals none. Posterior nostril superior, above the angle of the orbit. 10. ... pectorals well developed; dorsal commencing behind the gill-opening; ..."

5. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and Its Branches by Francis Hamilton (1822)
"Order V' are very low, shorter than the head, and sharp above The , 7 fin are shorter than the pectorals ; the first and last Z of ea h are unaided, ..."

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