skeleton
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A Durham Police officer told the coroner the force was contacted on 29 July 2024 after a contractor working on the building found a "small skeleton of a baby under the floorboards".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Because gastroliths are small and light-weight, their intact arrangement indicated that much of the skeleton might still be preserved within the rock.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
The New York Times published stories several years ago about former bobsled and skeleton athletes who struggled with symptoms similar to what Person, Sisson and Baird describe.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
Why is this ancient French skeleton sitting upright?
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
The word articulation generally refers to how the pieces of something are joined together; for example, how bones are connected to make a skeleton or syllables are connected to make a word.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing skeleton
Life Science: Human Systems
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Life Science: Human Anatomy and Physiology
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