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bodily structure

n. a particular complex anatomical structure; "he has good bone structure" [syn: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, body structure]

Usage examples of "bodily structure".

Although I do not believe that any animal in the world performs an action for the exclusive good of another of a distinct species, yet each species tries to take advantage of the instincts of others, as each takes advantage of the weaker bodily structure of others.

Its bodily structure would bear no relationship to what it would be.

There was no bodily structure, to say nothing of limbs or anything that could be compared with them.

But when the boy's bodily structure had been invaded by the cells of the rabid dog, the salve had then latched onto both patterns and somehow fused them into a single viable entity.

He reminded Lisa of a store mannequin or an ancient statue, his bodily structure and face now clearly defined along Human lines but still devoid of any real identity.

Whatever the mechanism was by which these changes in bodily structure were accomplished, it seemed probable that amateurs like themselves could succeed only under the pressure of considerable emotional strain, and then only with comparatively simple tasks which involved one new structure at a time.

Both were tall and peculiarly thin - not the thinness of emaciation, but that of bodily structure.

I have a hunch it's an answer to that request we transmitted for information about their bodily structure.