shoulder girdle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shoulder girdle
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Fossils were meticulously prepared to remove the surrounding matrix of rock and expose the skull, shoulder girdle and pectoral fins.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2024
Still, he cautions, knocking out this gene in another bird probably isn’t enough to produce such flight—this adaptation likely required several steps, including the changes in the shoulder girdle.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 24, 2023
With the bowl of the spoon, I dig into the spaces more deeply, in between my toes and metatarsals and shoulder girdle.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2020
Its shoulder girdle was also aligned with the action of gravity, allowing it to better move its massive weight.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2019
Cut away xiphisternum, and then cut through clavicles and coracoids on either side, and remove ventral part of shoulder girdle, to expose the heart.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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