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21fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with …
22Fish scale — For other uses, see Fish scale (disambiguation). The cycloid scales of a common roach (Rutilus rutilus). The row of lateral line scales is visible in the lower half of the image. The skin of most bony and cartilaginous fishes are covered by… …
23bone — /bohn/, n., v., boned, boning, adv. n. 1. Anat., Zool. a. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. b. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen rich organic… …
24Bône — /bohn/, n. former name of Annaba. * * * I Rigid connective tissue of vertebrates, consisting of cells embedded in a hard matrix. Bones serve as the body s supporting framework, provide muscle attachment points for movement, protect the internal… …
25bone — bone1 [ boun ] noun *** 1. ) count one of the hard parts that form a frame inside the body of a human or animal. This frame is called a skeleton: She fell and broke a bone in her foot. Cook the fish, then carefully remove the bones. He was thin,… …
26bone — I UK [bəʊn] / US [boʊn] noun Word forms bone : singular bone plural bones *** 1) [countable] one of the hard parts that form a frame inside the body of a human or animal. This frame is called a skeleton She fell and broke a bone in her foot. Cook …
27bone — bone1 W2S2 [bəun US boun] n [: Old English; Origin: ban] 1.) one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human, animal, or fish body ▪ The X ray showed that the bone was broken in two places. hip/leg/cheek etc bone (=the bone in your… …
28Fish hook — Fishhook redirects here. For other uses, see Fishhook (disambiguation). Anatomy of a fish hook A fish hook is a device for catching fish either by impaling them in the mouth or, more rarely, by snagging the body of the fish. Fish hooks have been… …
29bone — [[t]bo͟ʊn[/t]] ♦♦♦ bones, boning, boned 1) N VAR Your bones are the hard parts inside your body which together form your skeleton. Many passengers suffered broken bones... Stephen fractured a thigh bone... The body is made up primarily of bone,… …
30Bone bed — A bone bed is any geological stratum or deposit which contains bones of whatever kind. Inevitably, such deposits are sedimentary in nature. Not a formal term, it tends to be used more to describe especially dense collections. It is also applied… …
