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The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- English skeleton English endoskeleton From endo- + skeleton.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Asturian:
endoesqueletu
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Catalan:
endosquelet
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Chinese Mandarin:
內骨骼 /内骨骼
(nèigǔgé)
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Czech:
endoskelet
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Finnish:
luuranko
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Finnish:
sisäinen tukiranka
— internal skeleton of an animal
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French:
endosquelette
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Hungarian:
belső váz
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Indonesian:
rangka dalam
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Indonesian:
endoskeleton
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Italian:
endoscheletro
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Japanese:
内骨格
(naikokkaku)
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Malayalam:
ആന്തരികാസ്ഥികൂടം
(āntarikāsthikūṭaṁ)
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Māori:
angaroto
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Romanian:
endoschelet
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Russian:
эндоскеле́т
(endoskelét)
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Tagalog:
kalansay-panloob
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Turkish:
iç iskelet
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Welsh:
sgerbwd mewnol
— internal skeleton of an animal
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Welsh:
mewnsgerbwd
— internal skeleton of an animal