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Ectomorph

/ˈɛktəʊmɔːf/

Someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body

📖 Definitions of "Ectomorph"

noun

1
Someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body
2
: Theoretical body type in which a person has a high metabolism. Such a person can easily maintain a low fat physique, but does not add muscle or body weight easily.

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Word	Definition
mesomorphic	Of or pertaining to a mesomorph.
gynomorphnoun	An organism with female physical characteristics; female mimic.
perimorphnoun	(mineralogy) A mineral enclosed within another.
pleomorphnoun	Any pleomorphic organism
ectomerenoun	Any of the blastomeres from which the ectoderm forms
ectomesolophidnoun	An extreme (at an extremity) mesolophid
ectotrophnoun	Any ectotrophic organism.
pycnosomenoun	A person with a stocky body
actinomorphynoun	The condition of being actinomorphic.
morphologistnoun	A person who studies morphology.
xeromorphnoun	Any plant, with xeromorphic leaves, that is adapted to a dry atmosphere; a xerophyte.
entomotomistnoun	(dated) someone who practices entomotomy; a dissector of insects.
skeletonisernoun	Alternative form of skeletonizer. [Any of various moths whose larvae eat the parenchyma of leaves, leaving only the skeleton (the veins) behind.]
skeletonizernoun	Any of various moths whose larvae eat the parenchyma of leaves, leaving only the skeleton (the veins) behind.
amboceptoidnoun	(obsolete) A hypothetical form of amboceptor that has undergone a degenerative change and lost its cytophil or complementophile groups.
phytotomistnoun	(dated) Someone versed in phytotomy; a plant anatomist
anacrophorenoun	(botany) A plant that lacks an acrophore
excretornoun	(biology) Any organism that excretes waste matter
endosarcnoun	(biology, archaic) Entoplasm.
phytomorphologistnoun	One who studies phytomorphology.