Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 13 compound words that contain pectoral. The most common are listed below. Open pectoral in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- pectoral sandpiperCalidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania, and eats small invertebrates.
- pectoral finEither of two fins located on each side of a fish just behind the head.
- pectoral muscleEach of the four large paired muscles covering the front of the rib cage and serve to draw the forelimbs toward the chest.
- pectoral finsplural of pectoral fin: Either of two fins located on each side of a fish just behind the head.
- pectoral girdleThe bony or cartilaginous assembly that supports the forelimbs in vertebrates
- pectoral musclesplural of pectoral muscle: Each of the four large paired muscles covering the front of the rib cage and serve to draw the forelimbs toward the chest.
- lateral pectoral nerveA nerve that branches from the lateral cord and innervates the pectoralis major muscle.
- lateral pectoral nervesplural of lateral pectoral nerve: A nerve that branches from the lateral cord and innervates the pectoralis major muscle.
- pectoral quailA stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis).
- pectoral girdlesplural of pectoral girdle: The bony or cartilaginous assembly that supports the forelimbs in vertebrates
- pectoral sandpipersplural of pectoral sandpiper: Calidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania, and eats small invertebrates.
- pectoral quailsplural of pectoral quail: A stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis).
- pectoral anginaAngina pectoris.
- pectoral archpectoral girdle
- pectoral theologyThe theology of those Christians who make much of experience and emotion as guides to a knowledge of divine truth.
Compound words 13
- neopectoralDescribing any new construct made to the breast or chest
- subpectoralBeneath the pectoralis major
- antepectoralOf the feet of insects: fixed in the forepart of the prosternum or prothorax.
- clavipectoralRelating to the clavicle and the chest
- coracopectoralcoracoid and pectoral (especially describing muscles which extend from the coracoid to the thorax)
- deltopectoralOf or pertaining to both the deltoid muscle and the pectoralis major.
- genupectoralRelating to (the posture of) the knees and chest
- interpectoralBetween the pectoralis muscles.
- pectorallyIn a pectoral manner, i.e. about or through the breast
- prepectoralIn front of the pectoral muscles