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Definition of Pectorals
1. pectoral [n] - See also: pectoral
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectorals
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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