skeletal

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These species represented a range of evolutionary branches, body sizes, and skeletal features.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

The palm wood snaking through the center of Mohammad Al Faraj’s eerie installation seems like the skeletal vertebrae of some giant creature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Bone and skeletal injuries are a major cause of long-term disability around the world.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

Now the creatures' skeletal remains appear to have been found in an Iron Age dig near Cordoba.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

“Come here. Let me look at you closely. My eyes are not as good as they used to be, thanks to these miserable cataracts,” Teresita said, her skeletal fingers waving us in, urging us closer.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall