What does "endoskeletal" mean?

Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).

Endoskeletal

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Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton). not-comparable
"All of these studies have presupposed acanthodian monophyly and stereotyped acanthodian endoskeletal morphology on Acanthodes, the latest-occurring, and a highly apomorphic genus."

Antonyms

All antonyms

exoskeletal

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"All of these studies have presupposed acanthodian monophyly and stereotyped acanthodian endoskeletal morphology on Acanthodes, the latest-occurring, and a highly apomorphic genus."

Etymology

From endo- + skeletal.

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