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hydroskeleton

noun

Etymology

From hydro- + skeleton.

  1. derived from *(s)kelh₁-✻
  2. derived from σκελετός
  3. borrowed from sceleton
  4. prefixed as hydroskeleton — “hydro + skeleton”

Definitions

  1. A hydrostatic skeleton

    A hydrostatic skeleton; a structure found in many cold-blooded organisms and soft-bodied animals, consisting of a fluid-filled cavity, the coelom, surrounded by muscles, and used in movement and changing shape.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hydroskeleton. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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