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n.
A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
v. i.
To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off.
n.
That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Forming or producing parts of the skeleton.
n.
That part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses.
v. t.
To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton.
n.
The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
n.
That part of the skeleton connected with the sense organs and the viscera.
v. t.
To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton.
n.
A mummy; a skeleton.
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A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone.
n.
Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer.
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One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid.
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Pertaining to the skeleton.
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Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.
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A skeleton. See Scelet.
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An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.
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Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, or skeleton, of the viscera; as, the visceroskeletal system of muscles.
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