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Pectus   Listen
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pectus  n.  (pl. pectora)  (Zool.) The breast of a bird.






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"Pectus" Quotes from Famous Books



... post-pectus situate one on each side behind the acetabulum and parapleurum"; it supports the ...
— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology • John. B. Smith

... comparable in extent or beauty to many in the environs of American cities. Three small burial-grounds, separate but adjoining, at the southern edge of the city contain the graves of Neander, with the memorable inscription,—his favorite motto,—"Pectus est quod theologum facit;" of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, his parents and his sister Fanny; of Schleiermacher, and of our countryman, the Rev. Dr. J.P. Thompson, long-beloved pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle Church, ...
— In and Around Berlin • Minerva Brace Norton

... incauta sui, ne quando immensa potestas Pondere sit ruitura suo, noua moenia natis Quaerat, et in longum extendat sua regna recessum: Non aliter, quam cum ventis sublimibus aptae In nidis creuere grues, proficiscitur ingens De nostra ad tepidum tellure colonia Nilvm. Euge, sacrum pectus, tibi, per tot secula, soli Seruata est regio nullis regnata Monarchis. Et triplici quondam mundi natura notata Margine, et audacim quarto dignata Colvmbvm; Iam quinta lustranda plaga tibi, iamque regenda ...
— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. • Richard Hakluyt

... non domus accipiet te laeta, neque uxor Optima nee dulces occurrent oscula nati Praeripere et tacita pectus dulcedine tangent;" ...
— Select Poems of Thomas Gray • Thomas Gray



Words linked to "Pectus" :   body part, torso, gall bladder, pectoral muscle, body, vertebrate, trunk, sternum, chest cavity, pectoral, gallbladder, pectoralis, female chest, breastbone, rib cage, pecs, thorax, craniate, vena thoracica, area of cardiac dullness, musculus pectoralis, male chest, thoracic cavity, thoracic aorta



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