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skeletal specimen; mounted skeleton (for study or display)
A prepared and often reassembled skeleton used as a specimen for biology study, education, or museum display. Common examples include animal skeletons in natural history museums and small-animal or human-anatomy skeletons in school biology classrooms.
骨格標本を作る。
Prepare a skeletal specimen.
博物館に恐竜の骨格標本がある。
The museum has a dinosaur skeletal specimen.
理科室には人体の骨格標本が置いてある。
In the science classroom there is a human skeletal specimen.
新しく発掘された化石から、研究者たちは何年もかけて骨格標本を組み立てた。
From the newly excavated fossils, the researchers spent years assembling a skeletal specimen.
Composed of 骨格 (skeletal frame, skeleton) and 標本 (specimen, sample). A 標本 is a preserved biological specimen used for study or display.
USAGE:
Used in the context of museums, biology labs, classrooms, and scientific research. Paired naturally with verbs like 作る (to prepare), 組み立てる (to assemble), and 展示する (to exhibit).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 骨格標本を作る: to prepare a skeletal specimen
- 骨格標本を組み立てる: to assemble a mounted skeleton
- 骨格標本を展示する: to exhibit a skeletal specimen
- 恐竜の骨格標本: dinosaur skeleton (as a museum exhibit)
- 人体の骨格標本: human skeletal specimen
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 標本: specimen — the general term; 骨格標本 is one specific type
- 剥製: taxidermy mount — a stuffed animal specimen with skin and fur, contrasted with 骨格標本 which shows only the bones
- 化石: fossil — preserved remains of ancient organisms; many museum skeletons are made from fossils
- 骨格模型: skeleton model — a replica, typically plastic, as opposed to a real specimen