SKELETONS

Meaning of SKELETONS in English

plural of skeleton

present third singular of skeleton

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SKELETONS — Скелеты
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SKELETONS — Скелеты
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SKELETONS — Скелеты
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FERASSIE SKELETONS, LA — hominid fossils found in a rock shelter gravesite north of Bugue, Dordogne, Fr., by R. Capitan and D. Peyrony between …
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SPONGE — any of the primitive multicellular aquatic animals that constitute the phylum Porifera. They number approximately 5,000 described species and inhabit …
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SKELETON — the supportive framework of an animal body. In vertebrates the skeletal system is mainly internal, consisting for the most part …
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RADIOLARIAN — any protozoan of the class Polycystinea (superclass Actinopoda), found in the upper layers of all oceans. Radiolarians, which are mostly …
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OOZE — pelagic (deep-sea) sediment of which at least 30 percent is composed of the skeletal remains of microscopic floating organisms. Oozes …
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LOCOMOTION — in ethology, any of a variety of movements among animals that results in progression from one place to another. All …
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CORAL REEF — ridge or hummock formed in shallow ocean areas by the calcareous skeletons of certain coelenterates, of which coral polyps are …
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CORAL — any of a variety of invertebrate marine organisms of the class Anthozoa (phylum Cnidaria) that are characterized by skeletonsexternal or …
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CNIDARIAN — also called coelenterate any member of the phylum Cnidaria (Coelenterata). Mostly marine animals, the cnidarians include the corals, hydras, jellyfish, …
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ANIMAL DISEASE
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: LIFE-SCIENCES
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1998: ARCHAEOLOGY — Eastern Hemisphere. In 1997 stone tools from Ethiopia's Gona River were dated to between 2,600,000 and 2,520,000 years ago, which …
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PRECAMBRIAN TIME — period of time that extends from a little more than 3.9 billion years ago, which is the approximate age of …
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PALEOZOIC ERA — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. also spelled Palaeozoic, …
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HOOTON, EARNEST A(LBERT) — born Nov. 20, 1887, Clemansville, Wis., U.S. died May 3, 1954, Cambridge, Mass. American physical anthropologist who investigated human evolution …
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DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT — area in northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah, U.S., set aside in 1915 to preserve rich fossil beds that include dinosaur …
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DELVAUX, PAUL — born Sept. 23, 1897, Antheit, Lige, Belg. died July 20, 1994, Veurne Belgian Surrealist painter, whose canvases portray transfixed humans …
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CUVIER, GEORGES, BARON — born Aug. 23, 1769, Montbliard, Fr. died May 13, 1832, Paris in full Georgeslopold-chrtien-frdric-dagobert, Baron Cuvier French zoologist and statesman, …
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CAMBRIAN PERIOD — oldest time division of the Paleozoic Era, extending from 540 to 505 million years ago. The rocks that originated during …
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SKELETON — ( skeletons) 1. Your skeleton is the framework of bones in your body. ...a human skeleton. N-COUNT 2. A skeleton …
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SKELETON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES skeleton key COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE complete ▪ Scattered around him were complete skeletons …
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SILHOUETTE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE black ▪ I sit in my room by candlelight, the distant black silhouettes of …
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RUSTY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES rusty brown (= an orange-brown colour ) ▪ It was autumn and the leaves were …
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PATCH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rough patch (= a difficult time that does not last long ) ▪ …
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HEADLINE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a newspaper headline ▪ ‘Wine is good for you’ announced a recent newspaper headline. …
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GOOD
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BIG — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a (big) box office draw (= a successful actor who many people will pay …
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SKELETON — [noun] [C] - the frame of bones supporting a human or animal bodyChildren should drink milk to help them develop …
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