fishbones
Catch's sharp leftovers
Fishbones are the small, often thin skeletal structures found in fish.
They're notorious for getting caught in the throat: Be careful of fishbones when you eat the trout.
The word appears in warnings about eating fish and in expressions about picking through something carefully, as one picks bones from a fillet.
Cutting meat from bones
- deboningRemoving skeletal structure
- tweezersPincerlike gripping instrument
- stockGoods kept for sale
- brothClear simmered meat liquid
fumet · soup base · collagen · gelatin · bisque · head-on · cleaning · scaling
Internal supportive framework
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- skullHead's bone casing
- ribsThoracic bone set
- spineColumn of vertebrae
carcass · scraps · leftovers · cat food · compost · discarded · plate · waste
Tapering to a tip
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
- thinSmall in diameter
- needle-likeThin and sharply pointed
- splinterThin sharp fragment
prick · pierce · delicate · fine · fragile · translucent · calcified · brittle
filleting
Cutting meat from bones
broth · fumet · soup base · collagen · gelatin · bisque · head-on · cleaning · scaling · preparation
skeleton
Internal supportive framework
spine · carcass · scraps · leftovers · cat food · compost · discarded · plate · waste · picked clean
pointed
Tapering to a tip
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
- thinSmall in diameter
- needle-likeThin and sharply pointed
splinter · prick · pierce · delicate · fine · fragile · translucent · calcified · brittle
swallowing
Ingesting via throat muscles
obstruction · esophagus · throat · lodged · hazard · danger · dislodge · stuck · swallow · careful
salmon
Pink-fleshed migratory fish
sardine · anchovy · herring · mackerel · snapper · bass · tilapia · sole · flounder · carp
fishbonesfillet
Boneless meat portion
fish fillet · seafood · fish · meat · fish roe
fishbonessoft tissue
Non-rigid body structures
cartilage · flesh · meat · muscle · muscle tissue