Meanings
comparative more chicken-breasted · superlative most chicken-breasted
- datedHaving a narrow chest that projects outwards, often caused by forward curvature of the spine.
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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Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
chicken-breasted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicken-breasted
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