noun
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a hard internal or external framework of bones, cartilage, shell, woody fibre, etc., supporting or containing the body of an animal; the skeleton.
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the bony case of the brain of a vertebrate; the skull.
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a coconut shell used as a container or ladle.
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a small often ornamental box or chest for jewels, letters, etc. or for keeping collyrium, vermilion, 5) a small box.
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a small pot.
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avariety in sugar cane.
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any bone of the body.