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  • noun a bone of a fish.

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  • noun A bone from a fish.

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  • noun a bone of a fish

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Examples

  • Those value reviews led to development of what he calls a fishbone chart, so called because of its shape, which lists all the ideas from the reviews plus other ideas for creating value.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • Those value reviews led to development of what he calls a fishbone chart, so called because of its shape, which lists all the ideas from the reviews plus other ideas for creating value.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • Those value reviews led to development of what he calls a fishbone chart, so called because of its shape, which lists all the ideas from the reviews plus other ideas for creating value.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • Landsat image revealing "fishbone" deforestation along roads in the Brazilian Amazon

    Mongabay.com News 2009

  • It features a removable "fishbone" insert and a screen protector.

    dealmac - Today's Edition 2008

  • Their monument sticks like a fishbone in the city's throat.

    Thoughts on setting out to read the collected correspondence of the poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop 2009

  • "It will help dissolve the fishbone," said Ms. Ax, who drank a full cup of vinegar.

    One Virtuoso Physician Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010

  • Their monument sticks like a fishbone in the city's throat.

    Lance Mannion: 2009

  • Wander down the small roads that wind themselves through the historic villages, like Guarda or Ardez, and around the houses, with their deeply set windows, large arch-shaped carved-wood fishbone doors, and the spectacular design etchings, or Sgraffiti, on the walls.

    Switzerland's Rugged Alpine Gem Julia Hancock 2010

  • I'll curate it with a one-off Brooks fishbone saddle

    Bearing Witness: Hitting From Behind BikeSnobNYC 2010

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