Breastbone

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  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The bone of the breast; the sternum.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The bone of the breast; the sternum.
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  • noun. The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collar-bone and the top ribs.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
    • Word Usage
    "Moreover, its breastbone is too small to support the huge pectoral muscles a bird this size would need to fly."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bone  os  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    azoic  buskin  clavicle  collarbone  costal  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sternum  
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