bony

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Fishermen and chefs report that Asian carp are actually delicious, though they are so bony they don’t make good filets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The holiday’s corpulent, white-bearded dandy arrived even later, his schmaltzy persona skimmed from bony St. Nicholas between Reconstruction and 1931, when Coca-Cola debuted its iconic, brandy-flushed Santa Claus.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

That simulation allows her to predict the frequency response of the bony ossicles, and thus the hearing sensitivity of fish.

From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025

Measuring about five metres long and weighing two tonnes, the four-legged beasts had large heads, adorned with a distinctive bony frill and three horns.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

She stretched her bony hands toward us and chanted our names, “Diana and Georgie, I have you now. Don’t try to escape. I’ve chased you more than enough!”

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn