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PIGEON BREAST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pigeon breast mean?
• PIGEON BREAST (noun)
The noun PIGEON BREAST has 1 sense:
1. abnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets
Familiarity information: PIGEON BREAST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
chicken breast; pigeon breast
Hypernyms ("pigeon breast" is a kind of...):
deformity; malformation; misshapenness (an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed)
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