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• n  something reduced to its minimal form
  the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self
  the bare skeleton of a novel
• n  a scandal that is kept secret
  there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
• n  the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
• n  the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
  the building has a steel skeleton

• The venerable skeleton, which is about 40% complete, normally resides in a vault at the Ethiopian National Museum in Addis Ababa.
• In process of assembly last week in Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History was the skeleton of a 74-ft.
• The scientific team that examined the skeleton was led by forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.

• skeleton in the closet
• skeleton in the cupboard
• skeletal system
• frame
• systema skeletale
• skeletal frame
• underframe

News & Articles

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• Police not sure if bones found in Chantilly are of a human
  The focus of attention in the discovery of a skeleton in Charlotte’s Chantilly neighborhood now turns to the medical examiner’s office, which will determine of the remains were those of a human.
  June 13, 2013 - The Charlotte Observer
• Trying to solve a 100-year-old mystery in Hale
  Three years ago, a cemetery worker found a skeleton in an unmarked Mid-Michigan grave. Since then, local historians have been trying to identify the mystery man.
  June 12, 2013 - ABC12 Mid-Michigan
• Discovery of oldest primate skeleton helps chart early evolution of humans, apes
  An international team of researchers has announced the discovery of the world's oldest known fossil primate skeleton, an animal that lived about 55 million years ago and was even smaller than today's smallest primate, the pygmy mouse lemur. read more        
  June 10, 2013 - TG Daily

Quotes

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• Jeffrey Wilson in FOXNews
  I should really try to underscore how incredible it is to have partial skeleton of something this size,Wilson said in telephone interview. "With these kind of bones you can't study them by moving them around on the table; you have to move...
• Marilyn Manson in BBC News
  The fact that he's claiming that I've treated him unfairly, financially, is really ridiculous,said Manson. "And I would never spend my money on a Chinese girl skeleton. That would be crossing the line."
• Mike Scioscia in USA Today
  We're a deeper club right now and hopefully we're going to see it,Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Tuesday. "Last year against Boston we were a skeleton club and we didn't play well."