Precoracoid: alternatives and connections

A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.

The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man…

The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes.

A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.

Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in m…

A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the sh…

To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.

The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.

A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as…

A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.

A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians

The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habi…

any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the re…

any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the re…

The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually c…