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spine

/ spine /

noun

noun Sense 1

a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin

Type of:

process outgrowth appendage

Kinds of:

ray quill

noun Sense 2

a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf

Type of:

aculeus

Kinds of:

glochidium glochid

Derived:

stick prickle prick

noun Sense 3

any pointed projection

Type of:

projection

Derived:

spur

noun Sense 4

the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

"the fall broke his back"

Type of:

skeletal structure

Kinds of:

notochord chine

Has parts:

axial skeleton

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