SKELETAL

• (adj.) of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton

  "the skeletal system", "skeletal bones", "skeletal muscles"

• (adj.) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

  "emaciated bony hands", "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys", "eyes were haggard and cavernous", "small pinched faces", "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

  synonyms : bony , cadaverous , emaciated , gaunt , haggard , pinched , wasted

  His cadaverous seems scary at times. -added by Aswathy_inlas

  The emaciated child showcased the negligence of his parents. -added by priyavanjeri

  
  -tagged by editor1
  a gaunt looking calf

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