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SKELETAL
cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
(adjective) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; “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”
skeletal
(adjective) of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton; “the skeletal system”; “skeletal bones”; “skeletal muscles”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
skeletal (comparative more skeletal, superlative most skeletal)
of, or relating to the skeleton
haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Skel"e*tal, a.
Definition: Pertaining to the skeleton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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