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pectoralis

pectoralis noun: a pair of muscles that lowers the wings of birds in flight.

Noun

pectoralis

  1. A pair of muscles that lowers the wings of birds in flight

pectoralis meaning in Tamil

pectoralis in Tamil

மார்பின், முலையின், மார்புத்தசை

Origin of pectoralis

From Latin pectoralis, "pertaining to the chest or breast".

Words formed from pectoralis

Phrases with pectoralis

Questions about pectoralis

What does pectoralis mean?
Pectoralis means a pair of muscles that lowers the wings of birds in flight.
What is pectoralis in Tamil?
Pectoralis in Tamil is மார்பின், முலையின், மார்புத்தசை. See Pectoralis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pectoralis?
Pectoralis is a noun.

Words near pectoralis in the dictionary

  1. pectoral theology
  2. pectorales majores
  3. pectorales minores
  4. pectoralgia
  5. pectoralgias
  6. pectoralis
  7. pectoralis major
  8. pectoralis majors
  9. pectoralis minor
  10. pectoralis minors
  11. pectorally

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pectoralis (page history and authors); pectoralis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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