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Definitions for: Bony [adj] having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"
[adj] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "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"
[adj] composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue"
Webster (1913) Definition: Bon"y, a.
1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining
to bones.
2. Having large or prominent bones.
Bony fish (Zo["o]l.), the menhaden.
Bony pike (Zo["o]l.), the gar pike (Lepidosteus).
Synonyms: bone(a), boned, bonelike, boney, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, lean, osseous, osteal, pinched, skeletal, strong-boned, thin, wasted
Antonyms: boneless
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