Crossword clues for pectorals
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pectoral \Pec"to*ral\ (p[e^]k"t[-o]*ral), a. [L. pectoralis, fr. pectus, -oris the breast; cf. F. pectoral.]
Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.
Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.
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(Zo["o]l.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper.
Pectoral arch, or Pectoral girdle (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side.
Pectoral cross (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons.
Pectoral fins, or Pectorals (Zo["o]l.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. See Illust. under Fin.
Pectoral rail. (Zo["o]l.) See Land rail (b) under Land.
Pectoral sandpiper (Zo["o]l.), the jacksnipe (b) .
Wiktionary
n. (plural of pectoral English)
Usage examples of "pectorals".
Esk agreed, holding her as well as he could, though her pectorals were squeezing against his neck.
She wriggled out from between the pectorals and headed in towards shore.
One wench shivered delightedly at a glimpse of well-developed deltoids and pectorals, and a stomach that was ribbed with muscle.
Lightly she ran her nails over the swells of massive pectorals and lower, skimming over the muscles of his ribbed stomach, feeling them clench beneath her touch.
She still wore the diamond mask, and when he was naked she used the cool gem-stones to caress his arms, his pectorals, his taut belly, his igniting sex.
He was smoothly, powerfully muscled, with pectorals that looked like flesh-covered steel and a hard, six-pack abdomen.
She looked at the Baron's well-made body, his broad shoulders, his firm pectorals and flat abdomen.