bony

huesudo, flaco

Tan delgado que los huesos se ven o se notan fácilmente bajo la piel.

En inglés sencillo: Very thin, so that the bones can easily be seen or felt under the skin.

• His hands were long and bony.
• She rested her bony elbows on the table.
• The old dog looked rather bony after its illness.

Sinónimos: skinny, thin, scrawny

Antónimos: plump, fleshy

Expresiones frecuentes: bony hands, bony shoulders, bony fingers

óseo

Hecho de hueso, relacionado con él o parecido a él por su dureza y forma.

En inglés sencillo: Made of bone, connected with bone, or hard and shaped like bone.

• The fish has bony plates along its sides.
• A bony ridge runs above each eye.
• The doctor examined a bony growth on his foot.

Sinónimos: osseous

Expresiones frecuentes: bony plates, bony structure, bony ridge