a. [SUB- 1 a, b.]

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  1.  Zool., etc. Situated beneath the breast or pectus.

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1834.  McMurtrie, Cuvier’s Anim. Kingd., 195. The subpectoral rays.

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1872.  T. Bryant, Pract. Surg., 154. The subpectoral glands.

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  2.  Emanating from the depths of the chest.

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1871.  Meredith, Harry Richmond, xlvi. A muffled rattle of subpectoral thunder discharged at her in quick, heated snaps.

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