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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..

Quail :: Quail (n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (C. pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis)..

Pectoral :: Pectoral (a.) Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy..

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..

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

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

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

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

Polyneme :: Polyneme (n.) Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the family Polynemidae. They have several slender filaments, often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield isinglass of good quality. Called also threadfish..

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

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.

Dactylopterous :: Dactylopterous (a.) Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards..

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

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..

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

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)..

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..

Symmetral :: Symbranchii (n. pl.) An order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings confluent beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia..

Pectoral :: Pectoral (a.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper..

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