BONIER

BONY

bony, boney

(adjective) having bones especially many or prominent bones; “a bony shad fillet”; “her bony wrist”; “bony fish”

scraggy, scraggly, boney, bony, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy

(adjective) being very thin; “a child with skinny freckled legs”; “a long scrawny neck”; “pale bony hands”

osseous, osteal, bony

(adjective) composed of or containing bone; “osseous tissue”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

bonier

comparative form of bony

Anagrams

• O'Brien, borine, neibor

Source: Wiktionary


BONY

Bon"y, a.

1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.

2. Having large or prominent bones. Bony fish (Zoöl.), the menhaden.

– Bony pike (Zoöl.), the gar pike (Lepidosteus).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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