Associations to the word «Bony»
Noun
- Fossil
- Spike
- Complexion
- Primate
- Hip
- Swansea
- Sac
- Thigh
- Dinosaur
- Ulcer
- Hair
- Cuff
- Nous
- Canal
- Coloration
- Ray
- Nerve
- Neck
- Arthropod
- Fold
- Mri
- Worm
- Sole
- Pale
- Underside
- Ganglion
- Flap
- Feed
- Buzzard
- Spiral
- Clam
- Inflammation
- Tumor
- Toe
- Facsimile
- Arthritis
- Aquaculture
- Orbit
- Rag
- Ear
- Hollow
- Lizard
- Large
- Extremity
- Ass
- Sore
- Hag
- Visage
- Armour
- Narrow
- Eyebrow
- Roarke
- Contour
- Botany
- Tapping
- Articulation
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
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
Dictionary definition
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".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.