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31bone — noun 1》 any of the pieces of hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. ↘(one s bones) one s body. 2》 the calcified material of which bones consist. ↘a thing made of a substance resembling bone, e.g. a strip of stiffening …
32bone — 01. Young children playing in the forest found the [bones] of a man buried in the leaves. 02. He gave the dog a [bone] to chew on. 03. Be careful when you eat your fish, there are still a lot of [bones] in it. 04. Construction workers found the… …
33bone — 1) the hard connective tissue consisting of cells (osteoblasts, osteocytes) in a mixture of collagen fibres and hardened by calcium and phosphate salts (calcium hydroxyapatite), serving to support the body. The cells are lost eventually leaving… …
34Bone — This article is about the skeletal organ. For other uses, see Bone (disambiguation) and Bones (disambiguation). For the tissue, see Osseous tissue. Drawing of a human femur Bones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of… …
35bone — 1 noun 1 BODY (C) one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human or animal body: The X ray showed that the bone was broken in two places. | thigh/cheek/jaw etc bone (=the bone in your thigh etc): very prominent cheek bones | big… …
36bone — /boʊn / (say bohn) noun 1. Zoology, Anatomy a. any of the separate pieces of which the skeleton of a vertebrate is composed. b. the hard tissue which composes the skeleton. 2. a bone or piece of a bone with the meat adhering to it, as an article… …
37fish quotations — an arbitrary selection follows and also includes proverbs, rhymes, fragments of show tunes, and ditties (as Q lacks piscine entries). Some other proverbs appear in the letter files: 1 Anaximander says that men were first produced in fishes, and… …
38bone — n. & v. n. 1 any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in pl.) a the skeleton, esp. as remains after death. b the body, esp. as a seat of intuitive feeling (felt it in my bones). 3 a the material of which bones… …
39Fish locomotion — The prevailing type of fish locomotion is swimming in water. In addition, some fish can walk , i.e., move over land, burrow in mud, and glide through the air. Contents 1 Swimming 1.1 Body/caudal fin propulsion 1.1.1 Anguilliform locomotion …
40bone — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bon, from Old English bān; akin to Old High German & Old Norse bein bone, and perhaps to Old Irish benaid he hews Date: before 12th century 1. a. one of the hard parts of the skeleton of… …
