Their skin is covered with non-overlapping scales composed of the protein keratin and often studded with bony plates called scutes. |
Within each semicircular canal of the bony labyrinth is a semicircular canal of the membranous labyrinth. |
Sure enough, lampreys are simple vertebrates lacking jaws, teeth and a bony skeleton, whereas sharks are much more complex animals. |
Steamed fish or bony kippers don't feature much in today's childhood diets. |
He was a slight man with keen eyes, dark hair, a heavy jowl and bony fingers. |
Graham, in a Jacky Howe flannel, was sitting hunched with his bony legs drawn up under his chin. |