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The word skeleton comes to English (through Latin) from ancient Greek from the word skellein meaning dry up.

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How do you spell skeliton?

Do you mean skeleton? A skeleton is the framework of bones for a mammal.


What type of word is skeleton?

The word skeleton is a singular, common, concrete noun, a word for a thing.


Is there another word for skeleton?

If you mean a human skeleton, than use "bones" or "bag of bones." Other meanings have different synonyms like "framework," "outline" or "minimum."


How many syllables are in the word skeleton?

The word skeleton has three syllables. (Ske-le-ton)


What does axial mean?

The word "axial" means "of or pertaining to an axis" or "belonging to the axis of the body", such as the axial skeleton.


What language does the word skeleton come from?

The word "skeleton" comes from the Greek word "skeleton," which means "dried-up body" or "mummy."


What is skeleton English to french?

The word, skeleton? It is squelette. As in, "J'ai une squelette" in French means "I have a skeleton" in English....


What is the adjective for skeleton?

Skeletal is an adjective related to the word skeleton. Adjectives describing a skeleton include bony, axial, appendicular, and grinning.


What does sheletal mean?

If the word is skeletal then it means something functioning like or related to a skeleton. Skeletal is also referred as framework of something.


What is correct division of syllables in the word 'skeleton'?

The correct division of syllables in the word 'skeleton' is ske-le-ton.


What word an be used for outside of a skeleton arthropod?

The external skeleton used by arthropods is called an exoskeleton.


What does skeleton mean in ancient Greek?

In ancient Greek skeleton means "dried-up".