internal skeleton

collocation in English

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internal
adjective
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/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/us
/ɪnˈtɝː.nəl/
inside ...
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skeleton
noun
uk
/ˈskel.ə.tən/us
/ˈskel.ə.t̬ən/
the frame of bones supporting a human or ...
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(Definition ofinternalandskeletonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They are supported by aninternalskeletonof calcium carbonate plates referred to as vertebral ossicles.
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Some athecate species have aninternalskeletonconsisting of two star-like siliceous elements that has an unknown function, and can be found as microfossils.
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They had a well-developedinternalskeletonsurrounded by robust, largely unsegmented lepidotrichia; the whole fin was then covered in deeply overlapping scales.
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Echinoderms typically possess aninternalskeletoncomposed of plates of calcium carbonate.
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The solution was the gradual adoption of carvel-built ships that relied on aninternalskeletonstructure to bear the weight of the ship.
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The long, weakly tapering structure in the dorsal anterior part of theinternalskeletonis called the proostracum.
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The prosomal muscles attach to the endosternite, a horizontal sheet of connective tissue similar to cartilage that acts as aninternalskeleton.
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The robustinternalskeletonwill be modifiable to serve as a platform for future designs.
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It eats large prey by lowering theinternalskeletonof the gills, allowing the prey to pass into the throat without interference.
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Theinternalskeletonwas composed of the "guard" or "rostrum" (plural: "rostra"), a heavy solid structure at the posterior of the animals.
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Rigid external or internal skeletons would prevent the curling.
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The lobed-finned fish (such as coelacanths and lung fish) have paired appendages whoseinternalskeleton is attached to the shoulder or pelvis by a single bone, the humerus or femur.
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Belemnites (and other belemnoids) were distinct from modern squid by possessing hard internal skeletons.
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They are more-or-less cup-shaped animals, ranging from 10to30 cm in height, with sturdy lattice-like internal skeletons made up of fused spicules of silica.
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Both belemnotheutids and belemnites resembled modern squids except that they had chambered internal skeletons called phragmocones.
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Tappan gave a survey of dinoflagellates with internal skeletons.
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