endoskeleton

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endoskeleton - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Endoskeleton \En`do*skel"e*ton\, n. [Endo- + skeleton.] (Anat.)
     The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an
     animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.
     [1913 Webster]

endoskeleton - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  endoskeleton
      n 1: the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure
           (especially of vertebrates)