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bone

[bohn] / boʊn /
NOUN
piece of animate skeleton
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Researchers have so far recovered 49 bone pieces including a femur, vertebrae and ribs, it added.

From Barron's

Will film and television never tire of riffling through the bones of dead Kennedys?

From Los Angeles Times

Since the dawn of his career, Eastwick has had more than one bone to pick with evolutionary psychology.

From Los Angeles Times

The costume, which consists of a bodice placed over a boned skirt fitted with a farthingale -- a kind of padded roll that provides volume at the hips -- is part of the sale's "Remarkable" section.

From Barron's

Baz gradually returned to the kitchen, starting with “comforting, tender and slow” meals like chicken bone broth and lentil soup.

From The Wall Street Journal