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PIGEON-BREASTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pigeon-breasted mean?
• PIGEON-BREASTED (adjective)
The adjective PIGEON-BREASTED has 1 sense:
1. having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets
Familiarity information: PIGEON-BREASTED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets
Synonyms:
chicken-breasted; pigeon-breasted
Similar:
unshapely (not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape)
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