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  • I'm reading the new Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, and have so far made my way through three articles on fossil sharks: "Exceptional preservation of the white shark Carcharodon (Lamniformes, Lamnidae) from the early Pliocene of Peru"; "The spine-brush complex in symmoriiform sharks (Chondrichthyes; Symmoriiformes), with comments on dorsal fin modularity"; and "Pectoral anatomy of Tribodus limae (Elasmobranchii: Hybodontiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil."

    "I burned his body for incurring my wrath." greygirlbeast 2009

  • Take the Herb _Horehound_ stamp it and strain it, then put a Spoonful of the juice (which is an extream good Pectoral) to a pitcher-full of Beer, let it stand covered about two Hours and drink it.

    The London and Country Brewer Anonymous

  • And those things that look like wings are simply very large Pectoral fins, which can support them for awhile in the air.

    How Sammy Went to Coral-Land Emily Paret Atwater

  • Pectoral fins which it uses like feet when on land, and it will even climb trees to catch the insects which it eats.

    How Sammy Went to Coral-Land Emily Paret Atwater

  • Pectoral fins, which are at the sides and take the place of feet in animals.

    How Sammy Went to Coral-Land Emily Paret Atwater

  • Another impure quality is the = Pectoral =, which is an aspiration produced, as it were, from the lowest cavities of the chest; and still another is the = Falsetto =, an unnatural voice, that seems to be produced entirely in the upper cavities of the head.

    The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education

  • Pectoral Sandpiper on September 4 "at the tank in the western hills" of the Sierra del Carmen.

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

  • The best and most popular remedy is Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.

    Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various

  • Pectoral crosses for the dignitaries of the church are of course not uncommon; not only priests, however, but every Russian man, woman or child carries a small cross, more or less ornamental.

    Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

  • It is painful that your sick friend should live on Cherry Pectoral; but if he had been born in barbarism, he would neither have had it to drink nor survived to drink it.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Various

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