Boney

"Boney" in a Sentence (2 examples)

The species eat squid, octopus, Pacific hake and other boney fishes, various cartilaginous fishes, and jawless fishes.

Slowly, the handle on the only door to his room began to turn. We all knew that the room on the other side was empty – except for the newly purchased skeleton! As the handle turned we heard boney, scrapey sounds. I could feel the hair begin to stand on my head and the back of my neck.

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