skeletal
adjective
skel·e·tal
ˈske-lə-tᵊl 
: of, relating to, forming, attached to, or resembling a skeleton
Examples of skeletal in a Sentence
The archaeologist found skeletal remains.
She was skeletal after her illness.
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Around noon on Saturday, Oct. 27, two hunters stalking deer stumbled upon skeletal remains a few miles from where the other two sets of bones had been found.
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
The skeletal remains of Mack, 24, who worked as an escort at the time of her death, were first discovered in Manorville, N.Y. in 2000.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Bolstered by skeletal clues related to digging, paleontologists think that Fona could burrow into the ground and was sometimes preserved in its dens.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
The feathers on chickens, as well as their lightweight skeletal structure and beak morphology, can all be traced back to adaptations first seen in their dinosaurian ancestors.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
The skeletal remains of Mack, 24, who worked as an escort at the time of her death, were first discovered in Manorville, N.Y. in 2000.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Bolstered by skeletal clues related to digging, paleontologists think that Fona could burrow into the ground and was sometimes preserved in its dens.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
The feathers on chickens, as well as their lightweight skeletal structure and beak morphology, can all be traced back to adaptations first seen in their dinosaurian ancestors.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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skeletal
adjective
skel·e·tal
ˈskel-ət-ᵊl
: of, relating or attached to, forming, or resembling a skeleton
skeletal muscles
the skeletal system
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