Having a lot of bones or very thin with bones that stick out noticeably, or containing many small bones.
From 'bone' (Old English 'ban') plus '-y' suffix. The word has been used since Old English to describe skeletal or thin creatures.
Fish like herring and anchovies are so bony that people developed entire cooking techniques just to remove tiny bones—some cultures even eat them whole because the soft bones are actually good calcium sources.
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