skeletoid adjective 2noun 1forms 1 adjective2 •Skeletal or framework-like.Aerial hyphae: (a) as in advancing zone but with slightly thickened walls; (b) hyaline to pale brownish, thick walled, aseptate, (1-) 1.5-2 (-3) μ wide, skeletoid, rarely branched. — 1980 •Containing a high proportion of coarse fragments such as gravel, stones, or rock fragments and as a result having low water-holding capacity and limited ability to retain nutrients.The reddish brown skeletoid soil samples were all moderately supplied. — 1965 noun1 •A structure that captures the essential topological information of a space.By proposition 6.5.4, X is a skeletoid and hence an absorber by theorem 6.5.1. — 1988 formsskeletoids
