Breast

Breast

The breast is the upper ventral region of the torso of a primate, in left and right sides, which in a female contains the mammary gland that secretes milk used to feed infants.

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    “Freedom is hunting, feeding, danger;
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    Aye, that is freedom,—that is pleasure—life!”
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