ENDOMORPHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endomorphic mean? 

• ENDOMORPHIC (adjective)
  The adjective ENDOMORPHIC has 1 sense:

1. having a squat and fleshy build

  Familiarity information: ENDOMORPHIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDOMORPHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a squat and fleshy build

Synonyms:

endomorphic; pyknic

Context example:

a pyknic practical joke

Also:

fat (having an (over)abundance of flesh)

Antonym:

ectomorphic (having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs)

mesomorphic (having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer)