Usually means: Relating to or resembling bones.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word skeletal:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. skeletal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. skeletal: Merriam-Webster
  3. skeletal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. skeletal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. skeletal: Collins English Dictionary
  6. skeletal: Vocabulary.com
  7. Skeletal, skeletal: Wordnik
  8. skeletal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. skeletal: Wiktionary
  10. skeletal: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. skeletal: Dictionary.com
  12. skeletal: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Skeletal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Skeletal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. skeletal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. skeletal: Rhymezone
  17. Skeletal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. skeletal: FreeDictionary.org
  19. skeletal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. skeletal: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. skeletal: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. skeletal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. skeletal: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Skeletal: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. skeletal: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. skeletal: Medical dictionary
  7. Skeletal: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. skeletal: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

(Note: See skeletally as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (paleontology, informal) Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart)
adjective:  of, or relating to the skeleton
adjective:  haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
adjective:  barebones, lacking elaboration

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