musculature
noun
mus·cu·la·ture
| \ ˈmə-skyə-lə-ˌchu̇r
, -chər, -ˌtyu̇r, -ˌtu̇r\
, -chər, -ˌtyu̇r, -ˌtu̇r\
Definition of musculature
: the muscles of all or a part of the animal body
Examples of musculature in a Sentence
an athlete with well-developed musculature
Recent Examples on the Web
Both living birds and crocodylians have a pad of blood vessels and fat sitting in the cavity atop the underlying musculature. — Riley Black, Smithsonian, "Special Skull Windows Helped Dinosaur Brains Keep Cool," 4 Sep. 2019 Scar, weighed down by lifelike musculature, can no longer leer. — Nora Mcgreevy, BostonGlobe.com, "‘Lion King’ remake offers a muffled roar," 17 July 2019 And for all of the critics who are confused, her looks, her hair, her skin color, her musculature, and her body are all reminders of what Black woman magic looks like truly realized. — Shalwah Evans, Essence, "11 Beauty Moments That Remind Us Why Serena Williams Deserves Her Wheaties Box," 25 June 2019 She and the other researchers, including Juliane Kaminski, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Portsmouth, in England, joined together a few years ago to look at domestic animal facial expressions and musculature. — James Gorman, New York Times, "Those Puppy Dog Eyes You Can’t Resist? Thank Evolution," 17 June 2019 The facial musculature the researchers examined gives rise to the morphological, or structural, trait that allows dogs to irresistibly widen their eyes. — Jim Daley, Scientific American, "Domestication Made Dogs’ Facial Anatomy More Fetching to Humans," 17 June 2019 Today’s cinematic Aquaman, played by Jason Momoa, is a lot cooler, with scaly musculature and tangled, flowing locks that recall the deadly tendrils of a Portuguese man o’ war. — Thomas Vinciguerra, WSJ, "I Want to Be Aquaman When I Grow Up . . .," 13 Dec. 2018 This type of training really activates the lower body musculatures and increases the toning of the upper legs and glutes. — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Stepping up your training can boost your heart, lower-body muscles," 11 July 2018 Michelangelo fleshed out the child’s torso and right arm with brown wash and gouache highlights as well as red and black chalk, thereby endowing him not with an infant’s pudgy flesh but with a decidedly statuesque musculature. — Catesby Leigh, National Review, "A Genius in Draft Form," 20 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'musculature.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for musculature
musculature
noun
English Language Learners Definition of musculature
formal
: the muscles of the body or of one of its parts
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musculature
noun
mus·cu·la·ture
| \ ˈməs-kyə-lə-ˌchu̇(ə)r, -chər, -ˌt(y)u̇(ə)r
\
\
Medical Definition of musculature
: the muscles of all or a part of the animal body
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