Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bony \Bon"y\, a.
   1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining
      to bones.

   2. Having large or prominent bones.

   {Bony fish} (Zo["o]l.), the menhaden.

   {Bony pike} (Zo["o]l.), the gar pike ({Lepidosteus}).

Source : WordNet®

bony
     adj 1: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
            "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of
            gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and
            cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his
            wasted frame only by grim concentration" [syn: {cadaverous},
             {emaciated}, {gaunt}, {haggard}, {pinched}, {skeletal},
             {wasted}]
     2: composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue" [syn: {osseous},
         {osteal}]
     3: having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony
        shad fillet"; "her bony wrist" [syn: {boney}] [ant: {boneless}]
     [also: {boniest}, {bonier}]