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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

endoskeletal en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- English skeleton English -al English skeletal English endoskeletal From endo- + skeletal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
    • All of these studies have presupposed acanthodian monophyly and stereotyped acanthodian endoskeletal morphology on Acanthodes, the latest-occurring, and a highly apomorphic genus. 2009 January 15, Martin D. Brazeau, “The braincase and jaws of a Devonian 'acanthodian' and modern gnathostome origins”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07436

Antonyms

exoskeletal

Deriveds

endoskeletally

Relateds

endoskeleton

Translations (2)

fr endosquelettique (Of, or pertaining to an endoskeleton) · it endoscheletrico (Of, or pertaining to an endoskeleton)