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Pigeon-breasted

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Adjective

1. chicken-breasted, pigeon-breasted

having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pigeon-breasted

see synonyms of pigeon-breasted
noun
a deformity of the chest characterized by an abnormal protrusion of the breastbone, caused by rickets or by obstructed breathing during infancy
. Also called: chicken breast

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Pigeon-breasted

see synonyms of pigeon-breasted
a deformity of the human chest occurring in rickets, etc., and characterized by a sharply projecting sternum like that of a pigeon

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pigeon-breasted

see synonyms of pigeon-breasted
n.
A chest deformity marked by a projecting sternum, often occurring as a result of infantile rickets. Also called chicken breast.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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