boniness
- a word derived from bony.
Example Sentences
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Yet it could be a hard sell, particularly because the fish’s notorious boniness makes it challenging to produce the fillets many diners expect, Jupiter added.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2022
For example, modern Holsteins are bred to be tall and thin, to the point of boniness.
From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2019
He could recall the exact sensation of his grandmother’s arms around him, the boniness of her chest, the sharpness of her arms.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 10, 2017
For chefs, the major drawback of Asian carp is the boniness of the fillets, noted Seidler.
From Scientific American • Jul. 8, 2015
Envious to behold the extremes of boniness, which then, as now, doubtless characterized the strong-minded females, he concealed himself in a neighboring bathing-house, and brought his opera-glass to bear on the group.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 by Various
