Set of bones (8)
I believe the answer is:
skeleton
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">set of bones</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for skeleton that I've seen before include "Bony framework" , "The smallest possible number" , "gaunt person" , "set of bones?" , "structure as basis" .)