Calidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania, and eats small invertebrates.

plural of pectoral quail

Each of the four large paired muscles covering the front of the rib cage and serve to draw the forelimbs toward the chest.

(Christianity, dated) The theology of those Christians who make much of experience and emotion as guides to a knowledge of divine truth.

(rare, medicine) Angina pectoris.

plural of pectoral muscle

(anatomy) A nerve that branches from the lateral cord and innervates the pectoralis major muscle.

plural of lateral pectoral nerve

The muscle that covers the heart organ.

(anatomy) The large muscle that covers the chest and ribs.