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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having bones especially many or prominent bones;
- Example: "a bony shad fillet"
- Example: "her bony wrist"
- Example: "bony fish"
[syn: bony, boney]

2. being very thin;
- Example: "a child with skinny freckled legs"
- Example: "a long scrawny neck"
[syn: scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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