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APPENDICULAR SKELETON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does appendicular skeleton mean? 

APPENDICULAR SKELETON (noun)
  The noun APPENDICULAR SKELETON has 1 sense:

1. the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbsplay

  Familiarity information: APPENDICULAR SKELETON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


APPENDICULAR SKELETON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("appendicular skeleton" is a kind of...):

skeletal structure (any structure created by the skeleton of an organism)

Meronyms (parts of "appendicular skeleton"):

limb (one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper)

pectoral girdle (a skeletal support to which the forelimbs of vertebrates are attached)

hip; pelvic arch; pelvic girdle; pelvis (the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates)

Holonyms ("appendicular skeleton" is a part of...):

endoskeleton (the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates))


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