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bony fish
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
menhaden \men*ha"den\, n. (Zool.) An American marine fish (Brevoortia tyrannus) of the Herring family (Clupeidae), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bony \Bon"y\ (b[=o]"n[y^]), a.
1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining
to bones.
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2. Having large or prominent bones.
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Bony fish (Zool.), the menhaden.
Bony pike (Zool.), the gar pike (Lepidosteus).
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