Associations to the word «Bony»

BONY, adjective. Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.

BONY, adjective. Full of bones

BONY, adjective. With little flesh; skinny, thin

BONY, adjective. Having prominent bones

BONY FISH, noun. A fish of the taxonomic group Osteichthyes.

BONY FISHES, noun. Plural of bony fish

BONY, 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".

BONY, adjective. Composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue".

BONY, adjective. Having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish".