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Pectus

noun

(pl. pectora)

The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates. Synonyms: chest, thorax.

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... me to have found the hirundo melba, the great Gibraltar swift, in Tirol, without knowing it. For what is his hirundo alpina but the afore-mentioned bird in other words? Says he, "Omnia prioris" (meaning the swift); "sed pectus album; paulo major priore." I do not suppose this to be a new species. It is true also of the melba, that "nidificat in excelsis ...

— The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 • Gilbert White

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