skeletal
nounEtymology
From skeleton + -al.
- derived from *(s)kelh₁-✻
- derived from σκελετός
- borrowed from sceleton
Definitions
Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s…
Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart)
of, or relating to the skeleton
haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
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barebones, lacking elaboration
- On the whole, Sidney Morris has given us sketchy characters that need more fine tuning than this production […] could give it. Only Holmberg seemed to dig deeply within himself to create a complete character from Morris' skeletal outline.
The neighborhood
Derived
askeletal, carboskeletal, cardioskeletal, chondroskeletal, cranioskeletal, cytoskeletal, dentoskeletal, dermoskeletal, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, Eiken skeletal dysplasia, endoskeletal, episkeletal, exoskeletal, extraskeletal, faciocutaneoskeletal, hydroskeletal, hyposkeletal, intraskeletal, musculoskeletal, myoskeletal, neuromusculoskeletal, neuroskeletal, nonskeletal, nucleoskeletal, oculofacioskeletal, oculoskeletal, odontoskeletal, osteoskeletal, periskeletal, preskeletal, skeletal age, skeletal animation, skeletal eroding band, skeletal fluorosis, skeletal formula, skeletalism, skeletality, skeletalization, skeletalize, skeletally · +5 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at skeletal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at skeletal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at skeletal
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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