skeletal
adjective/ˈskelətl/
/ˈskelətl/
- (specialist) connected with the skeleton of a person or an animal
- Skeletal remains of the earliest dinosaurs are rare.
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- looking like a skeleton
- skeletal figures dressed in rags
- She stretched out a skeletal hand.
- that exists only in a basic form, as an outline
- He has written only a skeletal plot for the book so far.
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