| 释义 |
‖ pectus Anat. and Zool.|ˈpɛktəs|
Pl. pectora.
[L., = the breast.]
a. The breast or chest.
b. Ornith. The thoracic region of the under surface of the body of a bird; usually, the anterior protuberant part.
c. Entom. The lower surface of the thorax or prothorax of an insect.
1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Pectus, the foremost part of the Thorax reaching from the Neck-bone, down to the Midriff. 1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 450 In the other Nemocera, the proboscis is..directed perpendicularly or curved on the pectus. |