skeletal system
the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal • Syn: skeleton, frame, systema skeletale • Derivationally related forms: skeletal (for: skeleton) • Hypernyms: system • Hyponyms: endoskeleton, exoskeleton • Part Holonyms: musculoskeletal system • Part Meronyms: skeletal structure
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