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

Derived forms: skeletonized, skeletonizing, skeletonizes