wiry (adj.)

• able-bodied
• athletic
• brawny
• broad-shouldered
• burly
• capillary
• cartilaginous
• chewy
• cohesive
• coriaceous
• durable
• fibrous
• flossy
• funicular
• gristly
• hairlike
• hairy
• hard
• hardy
• lasting
• leatherlike
• leathery
• muscle-bound
• muscular
• resistant
• ropy
• silky
• sinewy
• stiff
• stringy
• strong
• stubborn
• tenacious
• thickset
• threadlike
• thready
• tough
• untiring
• vigorous
• viscid
• well-knit
• well-set