Chicken-breasted

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a narrow chest that projects outwards, often caused by forward curvature of the spine. dated

    "A child which was very chicken-breasted at three years of age, is often perfectly well-formed at 13. On the other hand, some without any disorder of the respiratory organs will remain chicken-breasted for life"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets wordnet

Synonyms

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pigeon-breasted

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"A child which was very chicken-breasted at three years of age, is often perfectly well-formed at 13. On the other hand, some without any disorder of the respiratory organs will remain chicken-breasted for life"

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