Bony fish

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bony fish
    n 1: any fish of the class Osteichthyes

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.
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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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