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/ˈɛktəʊmɔːf/
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/ˈɛktoʊmɔːɹf/
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/ˈɛktəmɔːɹf/
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ˈɛktəʊmɔːf
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ˈɛktoʊmɔːɹf
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Noun
Someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body
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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.
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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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.
Noun
a person with a thin body