endoskeleton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.

Word forms

endoskeleton endoskeletons endoskeleta

Etymology

From endo- + skeleton.

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