PECTORAL GIRDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pectoral girdle mean? 

• PECTORAL GIRDLE (noun)
  The noun PECTORAL GIRDLE has 1 sense:

1. a skeletal support to which the forelimbs of vertebrates are attached

  Familiarity information: PECTORAL GIRDLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PECTORAL GIRDLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A skeletal support to which the forelimbs of vertebrates are attached

Classified under:

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)

 Context examples 

The clavicle is part of the pectoral girdle.

(Clavicle, NCI Thesaurus)