PECTORAL GIRDLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A skeletal support to which the forelimbs of vertebrates are attached

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pectoral girdle" is a kind of...):

girdle (an encircling or ringlike structure)

Meronyms (parts of "pectoral girdle"):

pectoral arch; shoulder girdle (the bony arch formed by the collarbones and shoulder blades in humans)

Holonyms ("pectoral girdle" is a part of...):

appendicular skeleton (the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs)

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