| a. | 1. | Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones. | ||||||
| 2. | Having large or prominent bones.
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| Adj. | 1. | bony - 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. | bony - composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue" | |
| 3. | bony - having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist" Synonyms: boney Antonyms: boneless - being without a bone or bones; "jellyfish are boneless" |