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Adjective: boney  bow-nee
  1. Having bones especially many or prominent bones
    "a boney shad fillet"
    - bony
     
  2. Being very thin
    "a long boney neck"
    - scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy

See also: bone, boned, bonelike, boniness, lean, osteoid, strong-boned, thin

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