noun
endoskeleton
Endoskeleton (noun) means the skeleton inside an animal's body, made of bone and cartilage in vertebrates.
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The skeleton inside an animal's body, made of bone and cartilage in vertebrates.
"Endoskeleta have the advantage that they can be flexibly “restructured” when the situation demands."
— K.H. Pribram, Modes of Central Processing in Human Learning and Remebering (1978)
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Rhymes for endoskeleton
Breton
skeleton
Carleton
Appleton
Eagleton
simpleton
singleton
Middleton
Pendleton
Stapleton
Littleton
Pembleton
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What is the meaning of endoskeleton?
"endoskeleton" (noun) means the skeleton inside an animal's body, made of bone and cartilage in vertebrates.
What is the opposite of endoskeleton?
The opposite of "endoskeleton" is exoskeleton.