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Adjective
/ˈbōnē/,
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bonier, comparative; boniest, superlative;
  1. Of or like bone
    • - the bony plates that protect turtles and tortoises
  2. (of a person or part of the body) So thin that the bones are prominent
    • - he held up his bony fingers
  3. (of a fish eaten as food) Having many bones

  1. 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"
  2. osseous: composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue"
  3. having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish"
  4. (bonyness) extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
  5. Bőny is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.
  6. Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (Bony) is a half Aboriginal, half-white detective character created by Arthur Upfield. Bony appeared in dozens of Upfield's novels from the late 1920s until the author's death in 1964. ...
  7. Bony is an Australian television series made in 1992. The series of 13 episodes followed on from a telemovie made in 1990. ...
  8. resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous; full of bones; with little flesh; skinny, thin; having prominent bones
  9. Run or rapid requiring lots of maneuvering because of the abundance of obstacles, mostly rocks.
  10. referring to Alastair's arse [Contributed by: Luther-Morgan Partnership] [add a comment]
  11. aka scratchy. Shallow water that scrapes up your boat. The blue and green coating on the barely submerged rocks isn’t algae, it’s vinyl.