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ectomorphs

ectomorphs is the plural of ectomorph.

Meaning of ectomorph

Noun

ectomorph (plural ectomorphs)

  1. Someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body
    • Also there was a woman I hadn't met, a chain-smoking French ectomorph whose job it was to make sense of records of public spending in the Ministry of Finance.1990, Robert Klitgaard, Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
  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.
    • The ectomorph body type is characterized by narrow shoulders and hips and a lean build. Its naturally fast metabolism makes it easy for ectomorphs to lose or maintain body fat levels but more difficult to build muscle.2025 February 6, Laura Schober, “Everything To Know About Having an Ectomorph Body Type”, in Health

Questions about ectomorphs

What is ectomorphs the plural of?
Ectomorphs is the plural of ectomorph.

Words near ectomorphs in the dictionary

  1. ectomicrobiota
  2. ectomies
  3. ectomorph
  4. ectomorphic
  5. ectomorphically
  6. ectomorphs
  7. ectomorphy
  8. ectomy
  9. ectomycorhizal
  10. ectomycorrhiza
  11. ectomycorrhizae

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