Bony

The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  Synonyms: cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted

Meaning #2: composed of or containing bone
  Synonyms: osseous, osteal
  Pertains to noun: bone (meaning #2)

Meaning #3: having bones especially many or prominent bones
  Synonym: boney
  Antonym: boneless (meaning #1)

Bony may refer to:

• Adjective related to bone
• Bony, a commune of the Aisne département, in France
• Bőny, a village in Hungary
• A nickname for Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Bank of New York
• Bony, the main character in Arthur Upfield's novels. (Spelt Boney in the 1972 television series).
• Bony (TV series), a 1990 Australian television series starring Cameron Daddo.

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