bony plate

collocation in English

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bony
adjective
uk
/ˈbəʊ.ni/us
/ˈboʊ.ni/
very thin, so that the bones show under ...
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plate
noun
uk
/pleɪt/us
/pleɪt/
a flat, usually round dish with a slightly raised edge that you eat from or serve ...
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(Definition ofbonyandplatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The zygomatic plate, abonyplateat the side of the skull, was broad.
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Another derived, sauropod like feature was abonyplatethat lined the tooth row laterally and became thicker towards the tip of the snout.
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The first bar is found anterior to the operculum, thebonyplatecovering the gills, and the second is found behind the operculum.
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Frequently thisbonyplateis more or less deficient, and then the ganglion is separated from the artery by fibrous membrane.
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The large mouth is turned upwards and the lower jaw contains an elongated,bonyplate.
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The preopercle, thebonyplatejust in front of the operculum, bears a few spines set at an angle.
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Lacking distinct teeth, like all placoderms, they used the sharpened edges of abonyplateas a biting surface.
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The large mouth is turned upwards; the lower jaw contains an elongated,bonyplate.
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The common name, hardhead catfish, is derived from the presence of a hard,bonyplateextending rearward toward the dorsal fin from a line between the catfish's eyes.
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The female's extremely rotund body is studded with bony plates, each bearing a central spine.
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It coalesces into small calcareous ossicles (bony plates), which can grow in all directions and thus can replace the loss of a body part.
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It is formed by elongated folds of the skin surface which are less well protected by bony plates than the rest of the body.
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Some species have bony plates embedded in their skin, a trait that appears to have evolved independently several times.
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This includes a body covered in bony plates and a ventral suckermouth.
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Together these bony plates form the outer skeleton of the species.
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Like other doswelliids, it is heavily armored with many rows of bony plates called osteoderms covering its body.
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They also have a unique palate with seven to nine bony plates.
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Its body is flattened with a keel on the ventral surface and is covered in bony plates.
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They lose their bony plates as they mature.
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