musculature

mus·cu·la·ture

noun
\ˈməs-kyə-lə-ˌchu̇r, -chər, -ˌtyu̇r, -ˌtu̇r\

Definition of MUSCULATURE

: the muscles of all or a part of the animal body

Examples of MUSCULATURE

1. an athlete with well-developed musculature

Origin of MUSCULATURE

French, from Latin musculus

First Known Use: 1875

Rhymes with MUSCULATURE

candidature, caricature, discomfiture, distemperature, divestiture, entablature, entrepreneur, expenditure, imprimatur, investiture, literature, miniature, nomenclature, non sequitur