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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pectoral /ˈpɛkt(ə)r(ə)l/

▶adjective of, on, or relating to the breast or chest. ▶noun

1 a pectoral muscle.

2 an ornamental breastplate.

– origin ME: from L. pectorale ‘breastplate’, pectoralis ‘of the breast’, from pectus, pector- ‘breast, chest’.

'pectoral' also found in these Oxford entries:

angel shark - butterfly fish - coelacanth - eagle ray - flying fish - gurnard - hatchetfish - jugular - pec - pectoral fin - pectoral muscle - ray - sea robin - St Peter's fish - threadfin

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