Associations to the word «Pectoral»

PECTORAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.

PECTORAL, adjective. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs.

PECTORAL, adjective. (zoology) Having the breast conspicuously colored.

PECTORAL, noun. Protective armor for a horse's breast.

PECTORAL, noun. A covering or protecting for the breast.

PECTORAL, noun. (ecclesiastical) A breastplate, especially that worn by the Jewish high person.

PECTORAL, noun. (ecclesiastical) A clasp or a cross worn on the breast.

PECTORAL, noun. A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.

PECTORAL FIN, noun. (ichthyology) Either of two fins located on each side of a fish just behind the head.

PECTORAL FINS, noun. Plural of pectoral fin

PECTORAL GIRDLE, noun. (anatomy) The bony or cartilaginous assembly that supports the forelimbs in vertebrates

PECTORAL GIRDLES, noun. Plural of pectoral girdle

PECTORAL QUAIL, noun. Coturnix pectoralis, the stubble quail.

PECTORAL QUAILS, noun. Plural of pectoral quail

PECTORAL SANDPIPER, noun. Calidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania, and eats small invertebrates.

PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, noun. Plural of pectoral sandpiper

PECTORAL, noun. Either of two large muscles of the chest.

PECTORAL, noun. An adornment worn on the chest or breast.

PECTORAL, adjective. Of or relating to the chest or thorax; "pectoral organ".