What is the meaning of boney?

adjective

  • Having bones especially many or prominent bones.
    • usage: "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish"
  • Being very thin.
    • usage: "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
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