English to English adjective
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composed of or containing bone | Example:
• osseous tissue
source: wordnet30
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having bones especially many or prominent bones | Example:
• 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 | Example:
• 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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