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| angular |
having a bony structure, as a person's body. [1/3 definitions] |
| antler |
one of a pair of solid, bony, often branched horns of the male deer and related animals. |
| armadillo |
a burrowing nocturnal mammal of the southern United States and South America, whose body is armored by jointed, bony plates. |
| baleen |
the bony, flexible strips in the upper jaws of certain whales. |
| bridge1 |
the bony part of the human nose, just below eye level. [1/6 definitions] |
| calcify |
in physiology, to make or become bony or hard by the deposit of calcium salts. [1/2 definitions] |
| cassowary |
any of several very large flightless birds of Australia and New Guinea that have a bony projection on the top of the head and face. |
| coelacanth |
a large bony fish that was thought to be extinct until a living specimen was found in 1938. |
| coracoid |
a bone that extends from shoulder blade to breastbone in reptiles and birds, but that is only a rudimentary bony process in mammals. [1/2 definitions] |
| cowfish |
a small, brightly-colored fish covered with bony plates and having a spike over each eye, found in tropical waters. [1/2 definitions] |
| cuirass |
a hard protective covering of scales or bony plates; shell. [1/4 definitions] |
| cyprinoid |
any of various bony freshwater fishes, such as the carp, sucker, and minnow. |
| eelpout |
any of various bony fishes that resemble eels, having a long thin body and a large head. [1/2 definitions] |
| elbow |
the bend or joint between the human upper arm and forearm, or the bony projection at this bend. [1/6 definitions] |
| endoskeleton |
the internal bony supporting framework characteristic of vertebrates. (Cf. exoskeleton.) |
| eyebrow |
the bony ridge protruding above the eye. [1/2 definitions] |
| foramen |
an opening, perforation, or short passage through a bony or membranous anatomical structure or plant ovule. |
| gaunt |
exceptionally thin and bony. [1/2 definitions] |
| gurnard |
any of a family of marine fishes having large, fanlike pectoral fins and broad heads covered with bony scales; sea robin. [1/2 definitions] |
| hard palate |
the hard, bony part of the roof of the mouth. (Cf. soft palate.) |
| horn |
the hard, bony, hollow growths that extend, usu. in a pair, from the head of certain mammals such as cows and deer. [1/6 definitions] |
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