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boney

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bon·ey   (bō'nē)   
adj.  Variant of bony.
bon·y or bon·ey   (bō'nē)   
adj.   bon·i·er or bon·ey·er, bon·i·est or bon·ey·est

  1. Of, relating to, resembling, or consisting of bone.

  2. Having an internal skeleton of bones.

  3. Full of bones: a bony fillet of fish.

    1. Having prominent or protruding bones: a bony wrist.

    2. Lean; scrawny.

bon'i·ness n.
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boney

adjective
1. having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish" [syn: bony] [ant: boneless] 
2. being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck" [syn: scraggy] 
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