skeletal
Example Sentences
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“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” captures the making of the singer’s skeletal acoustic album “Nebraska” and his battles with depression.
As floodwaters surged downstream, they gathered animal carcasses from the surface, along with living creatures and skeletal remains caught in their path.
From Science Daily
Instead of focusing on surrounding minerals or skeletal remains, Dr. Tucker and his colleagues turned their attention to fossilized dinosaur eggshells.
From Science Daily
The skeletal remains - dating from Roman times - were previously thought to belong to a woman from the sub-Saharan region.
From BBC
"I am fascinated by the ways in which changes during development give rise to the skeletal features which distinguish dinosaurs, birds, crocodylians, and other vertebrates," said Morris.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.