(こっかくひょうほん)

こっかくひょうほん
noun
skeletal specimen; mounted skeleton
1. 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(こっかくひょうほん)(つく)る。
Prepare a skeletal specimen.
博物館(はくぶつかん)恐竜(きょうりゅう)骨格標本(こっかくひょうほん)がある。
The museum has a dinosaur skeletal specimen.
理科室(りかしつ)には人体(じんたい)骨格標本(こっかくひょうほん)()いてある。
In the science classroom there is a human skeletal specimen.
(あたら)しく発掘(はっくつ)された化石(かせき)から、研究者(けんきゅうしゃ)たちは何年(なんねん)もかけて骨格標本(こっかくひょうほん)()()てた。
From the newly excavated fossils, the researchers spent years assembling a skeletal specimen.

Composed of 骨格(こっかく) (skeletal frame, skeleton) and 標本(ひょうほん) (specimen, sample). A 標本(ひょうほん) 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 (つく)る (to prepare), ()()てる (to assemble), and 展示(てんじ)する (to exhibit).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 骨格標本(こっかくひょうほん)(つく)る: to prepare a skeletal specimen
  • 骨格標本(こっかくひょうほん)()()てる: to assemble a mounted skeleton
  • 骨格標本(こっかくひょうほん)展示(てんじ)する: to exhibit a skeletal specimen
  • 恐竜(きょうりゅう)骨格標本(こっかくひょうほん): dinosaur skeleton (as a museum exhibit)
  • 人体(じんたい)骨格標本(こっかくひょうほん): human skeletal specimen

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 標本(ひょうほん): specimen — the general term; 骨格標本(こっかくひょうほん) is one specific type
  • 剥製(はくせい): taxidermy mount — a stuffed animal specimen with skin and fur, contrasted with 骨格標本(こっかくひょうほん) which shows only the bones
  • 化石(かせき): fossil — preserved remains of ancient organisms; many museum skeletons are made from fossils
  • 骨格(こっかく)模型(もけい): skeleton model — a replica, typically plastic, as opposed to a real specimen