bony in the PONS Dictionary

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Mainly active at night, the sharptooth houndshark feeds mostly on crustaceans, bony fishes, and cephalopods.
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Their species include 56 of cartilaginous fishes and 386 of bony fishes.
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A different, larger trephine needle is inserted and anchored in the bony cortex.
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The membranous labyrinth is contained within the bony labyrinth, and within the membranous labyrinth is a fluid called endolymph.
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The pads are located over the trochanters, the bony extrusions of the hip region.
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Some species have bony plates embedded in their skin, a trait that appears to have evolved independently several times.
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While at the island, the group lives off shellfish and shallow-water nautiluses, but see no bony fish.
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This includes a body covered in bony plates and a ventral suckermouth.
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The bony skirts between the shafts of the ischia are thick and touch each other forming an almost flat surface.
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The vertebrae have fewer bony offshoots, and the animal's ribs are flatter and more robust.
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