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Bony Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bony? [adj] having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist" [adj] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" [adj] composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bony: bone(a) \| boned \| bonelike \| boney \| cadaverous \| emaciated \| gaunt \| haggard \| lean \| osseous \| osteal \| pinched \| skeletal \| strong-boned \| thin \| wasted Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bony: angular \| bone \| cement \| cemental \| concrete \| corneous \| dense \| diamondlike \| dure \| flat \| flat-chested \| fleshless \| flintlike \| flinty \| gangling \| gangly \| gaunt \| gawky \| granitelike \| granitic \| hard \| hard as nails \| hardhearted \| horny \| iron-hard \| ironlike \| lank \| lanky \| lapideous \| lean \| lean-fleshed \| lean-looking \| lithoid \| lithoidal \| marble \| marblelike \| meager \| obdurate \| osseous \| ossicular \| ossiferous \| ossified \| osteal \| rawboned \| resistant \| resistive \| rocklike \| rocky \| scraggy \| scrawny \| skeletal \| skinny \| solid \| spare \| spidery \| spindling \| spindly \| steellike \| steely \| stonelike \| stony \| thin-bellied \| thin-fleshed \| tough \| twiggy \| undersized \| underweight See Also \| Bony In Webster's Dictionary \Bon"y\, a. 1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones. 2. Having large or prominent bones. {Bony fish} (Zo["o]l.), the menhaden. {Bony pike} (Zo["o]l.), the gar pike ({Lepidosteus}).

Bony Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bony?

[adj] having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"
[adj] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
[adj] composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue"

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Bony In Webster's Dictionary

\Bon"y\, a.
1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining
   to bones.

2. Having large or prominent bones.

{Bony fish} (Zo["o]l.), the menhaden.

{Bony pike} (Zo["o]l.), the gar pike ({Lepidosteus}).

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