'Bony fish' definitions:
Definition of 'bony fish'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any fish of the class Osteichthyes
Definition of 'Bony fish'
From: GCIDE
- Bony \Bon"y\ (b[=o]"n[y^]), a.
- 1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having large or prominent bones. [1913 Webster]
- Bony fish (Zool.), the menhaden.
- Bony pike (Zool.), the gar pike (Lepidosteus). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bony fish'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]