PECTORAL

pectoral. Pectoral, a. belonging to the breast, stomachic

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Pec″to‐ral (–ral), a. [[L. pectoralis, fr. pectus, -oris the breast; cf. F. pectoral.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.
2. 2. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.
3. 3. (Zoöl.) 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 (Zoöl.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. See Illust. under Fin. — Pectoral rail. (Zoöl.) See Land rail (b) under Land. — Pectoral sandpiper (Zoöl.), the jacksnipe (b).