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bonytongues

bonytongues is the plural of bonytongue.

Meaning of bonytongue

Noun

bonytongue (plural bonytongues)

  1. Any in the family Osteoglossidae of large freshwater fishes or its parent groupings, suborder Osteoglossoidei and order Osteoglossiformes.
    • They tell us that the fresh waters at Hainin must have been substantial, for they included the remains of a large predatorial fish known as a bonytongue, or saratoga.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 49

Questions about bonytongues

What is bonytongues the plural of?
Bonytongues is the plural of bonytongue.

Words near bonytongues in the dictionary

  1. bonytail
  2. bonytails
  3. Bonython
  4. Bonythons
  5. bonytongue
  6. bonytongues
  7. bonza
  8. bonzas
  9. bonze
  10. bonzean
  11. bonzee

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