low-set

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low-set - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  low-set \low-set\ adj.
     short and thick; especially having short legs and heavy
     musculature; -- of people.
  
     Syn: chunky, dumpy, squat, squatty, stubby, stumpy, stocky.
          [WordNet 1.5]

low-set - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  low-set
      adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy
             musculature; "some people seem born to be square and
             chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman";
             "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a
             little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red
             smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: chunky,
             dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy]
      2: lower than average; "lowset ears"; "a stocky low-set animal"
         [syn: lowset, low-set]