bony

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Bony fish, known as teleosts, constantly drink seawater to maintain proper hydration.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

He estimated 85% of the dead fish were native species such as Bony Bream and Golden Perch, with the rest consisting of non-native types such as carp.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2023

Bony fishes were judicious in their use of phosphate as a building material: their teeth, a few parts of the skeleton, and that was it.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022

Bony growth fused together the tibia and fibula, indicating the individual, estimated to have been in their early 20s when they died, survived for several years after losing the limb.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 7, 2022

The Muscle of the Stapes or Stirrup is also hid in a Bony Tube, almost at the bottom of the Drum, and fixt in the Head of the Stapes.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel