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English to English adjective
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composed of or containing bone |
• osseous tissue
source: wordnet30
| 2 |
having bones especially many or prominent bones |
• a bony shad fillet
• her bony wrist
• bony fish
source: wordnet30
| 3 |
Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones. | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
| 4 |
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
source: wordnet30
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