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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bony \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}). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bony adj 1: 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" [syn: {cadaverous}, {emaciated}, {gaunt}, {haggard}, {pinched}, {skeletal}, {wasted}] 2: composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue" [syn: {osseous}, {osteal}] 3: having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist" [syn: {boney}] [ant: {boneless}]
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