What is the meaning of bony?

adjective

  • Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
    • usage: "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"
  • Composed of or containing bone.
    • usage: "osseous tissue"
  • Having bones especially many or prominent bones.
    • usage: "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish"
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