ectomorph

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I know I am heavier than the tall skinny ectomorph girls, but I am not fat to the extent that it damages my health.

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  1. noun An individual having a lean, slightly muscular body build in which tissues derived from the embryonic ectoderm predominate.

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  • After examining over 4,000 people he came up with a classification that divided the human race into three broad categories: the endomorph or rolypoly, the mesomorph or bone and muscle, and the ectomorph or string-bean type. —  Modern Mechanix
  • As we all know there are 3 body types: mesomorphs, ectomorph and endomorph. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Scientists have developed a body type classification system based totally on some factors and everyone falls into one of the following 3 classes (you can fall in-between, as these are quite generalized): endomorph, mesomorph and ectomorph. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • The following category we shall look at is the ectomorph body type. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Besides, he says, with some resignation, Rambo's "Prob'ly like a real ectomorph ... really lean and-and strong." —  Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories
 

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