bony
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(adjective) having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist" |
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Synonyms: boney |
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Antonyms: boneless |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted |
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(adjective) composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue" |
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Synonyms: osseous, osteal |
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