"boney" in the adjective sense

1. bony, boney

having bones especially many or prominent bones

"a bony shad fillet"

"her bony wrist"

"bony fish"

2. scraggy, scraggly, boney, bony, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy

being very thin

"a child with skinny freckled legs"

"a long scrawny neck"

"pale bony hands"

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