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boney
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective boney has 2 senses
- boney(a = adj.all) bony - having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish" Derived form noun bone1
- boney(s = adj.all) scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy - being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck" Derived form noun boniness1
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