English to English
adjective
- of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
The skeletal system.
Skeletal bones.
Skeletal muscles.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Pertaining to the skeleton.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Emaciated bony hands.
A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys.
Eyes were haggard and cavernous.
Small pinched faces.
Kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration.
source: WordNet 3.0