Bones
Bones noun - A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
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- It was as if someone had taken human flesh and made it as malleable as clay—bones and flesh made pliable—and plastered it onto the wall.
Source: Literature / BioShock: Rapture -
Watchmen. Dr Manhattan kills people by exploding their body splattering everyone nearby with flesh and bones.
Source: Ludicrous Gibs -
Proasmae, which are flesh elementals that can absorb flesh and bones, living or dead, into their bodies.
Source: Literature / Iron Council
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