bony plated
/ˈboʊni ˌpleɪtɪd/
adjective
- Having a hard, bony covering or shell on the body.
- The armadillo is a bony-plated mammal that rolls into a ball for protection.
- The museum displayed a fossil of a bony-plated dinosaur called an ankylosaur.
- Some prehistoric fish were bony-plated, with thick armor covering their heads.