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| 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] |
| lantern jaw |
a bony, projecting lower jaw. |
| loach |
any of various small, bony, freshwater fishes of Europe and Asia that have barbels around the mouth. |
| ocean sunfish |
any of a family of bony marine fishes, esp. a large, slow-moving, tropical species with a flattened body resembling an upright disk. |
| orbit |
one of the two bony sockets that encase the eyeballs. [1/7 definitions] |
| osseous |
of the substance of, containing, or similar to bone; bony. |
| osteal |
osseous; bony. [1/2 definitions] |
| osteitis |
inflammation of a bone or bony tissue. |
| osteoma |
a nonmalignant tumor of bony tissue. |
| palate |
the roof of the mouth, which separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity and consists of a bony front section and a soft muscular back section. [1/2 definitions] |
| perilymph |
the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear. |
| pipefish |
any of various elongated, bony-plated fishes found in marine or fresh waters that have tube-shaped snouts. |
| quadrate |
one of a pair of bones in the skulls of many vertebrates, such as birds, reptiles, bony fishes, and amphibians, to which the lower jaw is attached. [1/5 definitions] |
| rawboned |
having a bony, thinly fleshed body; gaunt; lean. |
| ringbone |
a pathological bony growth on the pastern bones of a horse's leg, which often causes lameness. |
| sauger |
a small North American freshwater fish with a spotted, bony dorsal fin. |
| scrag |
a bony piece of meat, such as the lean end of a neck of mutton. [1/2 definitions] |
| scutate |
having bony plates or scales, as a turtle. [1/2 definitions] |
| scute |
any external horny or bony plate, as on the shell of a turtle, that serves as protection. |
| scutellate |
of an insect or animal, protected by bony plates or scales. [1/2 definitions] |
| shagreen |
the rough skin, covered with bony denticles, of certain sharks or dogfish, used as an abrasive. [1/3 definitions] |
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