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skeletoniser

skeletoniser is the alternative form of skeletonizer.

Meaning of skeletonizer

Noun

skeletonizer (plural skeletonizers)

  1. Any of various moths whose larvae eat the parenchyma of leaves, leaving only the skeleton (the veins) behind.

Forms of skeletoniser

pluralskeletonisers

Origin of skeletoniser

From skeletonise + -er.

Questions about skeletoniser

What is skeletoniser the alternative form of?
Skeletoniser is the alternative form of skeletonizer.

Words near skeletoniser in the dictionary

  1. skeletoning
  2. skeletonisation
  3. skeletonisations
  4. skeletonise
  5. skeletonised
  6. skeletoniser
  7. skeletonisers
  8. skeletonises
  9. skeletonising
  10. skeletonization
  11. skeletonizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skeletoniser (page history and authors); skeletonizer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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