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Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon..

Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.

Exoskeletal :: Exoskeletal (a.) Pertaining to the exoskeleton; as exoskeletal muscles.

Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages..

Spider :: Spider (n.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc..

Tubipora :: Tubipora (n.) A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans..

Chondropterygian :: Chondropterygian (a.) Having a cartilaginous skeleton.

Metatarsus :: Metatarsus (n.) That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix..

Endoskeletal :: Endoskeletal (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles..

Skeletogenous :: Skeletogenous (a.) Forming or producing parts of the skeleton.

Skeletonizing :: Skeletonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skeletoniz.

Bone :: Bone (n.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone..

Disarticulator :: Disarticulator (n.) One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons.

Scleroskeleton :: Scleroskeleton (n.) That part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses..

Keratosa :: Keratosa (n. pl.) An order of sponges having a skeleton composed of hornlike fibers. It includes the commercial sponges.

Articulation :: Articulation (n.) A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

Frame :: Frame (v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice..

Scale :: Scale (n.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid..

Sternum :: Sternum (n.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone..

Gorilla :: Gorilla (n.) A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man..

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