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Postclavicle :: Postclavicle (n.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.

Pectorally :: Pectorally (adv.) As connected with the breast.

Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe..

Wingfish :: Wingfish (n.) A sea robin having large, winglike pectoral fins. See Sea robin, under Robin..

Sternum :: Sternum (n.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone..

Flying Fish :: Flying fish () A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocoetus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the oceans..

Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.

Threadfin :: Threadfin (n.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.

Swallowtail :: Swallowfish (n.) The European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has large pectoral fins.

Pectoral :: Pectoral (n.) A breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person..

Sebesten :: Sebesten (n.) The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and C. latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases..

Abdominales :: Abdominales (n. pl.) A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals..

Xenopterygii :: Xenopterygii (n. pl.) A suborder of fishes including Gobiesox and allied genera. These fishes have soft-rayed fins, and a ventral sucker supported in front by the pectoral fins. They are destitute of scales..

Muraena :: Muraena (n.) A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.

Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares)..

Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China..

Pectoral :: Pectoral (n.) A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs..

Pectoral :: Pectoral (n.) A clasp or a cross worn on the breast.

Malacopterygii :: Malacopterygii (n. pl.) An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri..

Pectoral :: Pectoral (n.) A covering or protecting for the breast.

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