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feline | xiphihumeralis |

As an adjective feline

is .

As a noun xiphihumeralis is

a long, flat strip of pectoral muscle comprising a band of parallel fibres, found in felines.

feline

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or pertaining to, the cat.
  • catlike (resembling a cat)
    • Synonyms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Substantive use of the adjective , from (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cat; member of the cat family Felidae.
    • Hyponyms
    * See also

    Related terms

    * feliform * felis * Felix * felinity * felinely

    See also

    * canine * cattus * Felidae ----

    xiphihumeralis

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A long, flat strip of pectoral muscle comprising a band of parallel fibres, found in felines.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , passage=The tendon of the xiphihumeralis is also connected with its inner surface near its insertion. , page=147 , title=Anatomy of the cat (2nd edition) , author=Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings , publisher=H. Holt and Company , year=1901}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , passage=The xiphihumeralis' muscle (M. '''xiphihumeralis''') is the fourth muscle [sic] the pectoralis group. It ''originates'' from the xiphoid process of the sternum and ''inserts'' on the humerus (hence the name ' xiphihumeralis ). , page=144 , title=Laboratory manual for comparative veterinary anatomy and physiology , author=Phillip E. Cochran , publisher=Cengage Learning , year=2003 , isbn=0766861856}}