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Yet it could be a hard sell, particularly because the fish’s notorious boniness makes it challenging to produce the fillets many diners expect, Jupiter added.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2022

For example, modern Holsteins are bred to be tall and thin, to the point of boniness.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2019

He could recall the exact sensation of his grandmother’s arms around him, the boniness of her chest, the sharpness of her arms.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 10, 2017

For chefs, the major drawback of Asian carp is the boniness of the fillets, noted Seidler.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 8, 2015

But at last it was done, and then I made an examination of the other limbs, finding them as nature intended they should be, with the exception of a few scars and their unnatural boniness.

From The Love Story of Abner Stone by Edwin Carlile Litsey




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