bonytongue

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noun

Any in the family Osteoglossidae of large freshwater fishes or its parent groupings, suborder Osteoglossoidei and order Osteoglossiformes.

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Meanings

nounbonytongue (plural bonytongues)

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

Origin

bony + tongue, in reference to a toothed bone on the floor of the mouth.

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APA

bonytongue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonytongue

MLA

“bonytongue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonytongue. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bonytongue,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonytongue.

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