(also figuratively) Lean, slender, thin. / (chiefly zoology, anthropology, paleontology) Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame. / Graceful or gracefully slender.

plural of gracilis

The state or quality of being gracile.

(often anatomy, botany, zoology) The property or condition of being gracile.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gracilize

(anthropology) Exhibiting a reduction in bone mass as the result of evolution.

present participle of gracilize

simple past tense and past participle of gracilize

(anthropology) A reduction of bone mass as the result of evolution.

(anthropology) To exhibit a reduction in bone mass due to the process of evolution.