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1. (adj.) skeletal
of, pertaining to, or like a skeleton.
Etymology: (1850–55)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) skeletal
of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
"the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"; "skeletal muscles"
2. (adj) bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
"emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
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| Definition of 'skeletal' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) skeletal
pertaining to the skeleton
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