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Verb: skeletonise  'ske-lu-tu,nIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: skeletonize)
  1. To reduce to a skeleton or bare outline
    "The beetles skeletonised the leaves, leaving only the veins";
    - skeletonize
     
  2. To prepare the skeleton of an animal for study or display
    "The museum technicians skeletonised the whale carcass";
    - skeletonize

Derived forms: skeletonised, skeletonises, skeletonising