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somatotypes

somatotypes is the plural of somatotype.

Meaning of somatotype

Noun

somatotype (plural somatotypes)

  1. A particular type of physique; originally, one of the types defined by William Herbert Sheldon: ectomorphic, endomorphic, mesomorphic.
    • The relevant characteristics here are the upright posture, the big round head, the cuddly size and the soft dumpy shape. I suppose the much-loved Bill Oddie is the same somatotype.2009, Jeremy Mynott, chapter 2, in Birdscapes, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton, page 46

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Questions about somatotypes

What is somatotypes the plural of?
Somatotypes is the plural of somatotype.

Words near somatotypes in the dictionary

  1. somatotropinomas
  2. somatotropins
  3. somatotropism
  4. somatotype
  5. somatotyped
  6. somatotypes
  7. somatotyping
  8. somatotypology
  9. somatovisceral
  10. somatrem
  11. somatrogon

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