Spine

[spaɪn]

Definition

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

(noun.) the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; 'the title and author were printed on the spine of the book'.

(noun.) a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf.

Editor: Madge--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

(n.) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.

(n.) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.

(n.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.

(n.) Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Thorn.[2]. Backbone, spinal column, vertebral column.[3]. Shin, forepart of the leg.

Typist: Remington

Definition

n. a thorn: a thin pointed spike esp. in fishes: the backbone of an animal: any ridge extending lengthways: the heart-wood of trees.—adjs. Spined having spines; Spine′less having no spine weak; Spines′cent somewhat spiny; Spīnif erous bearing spines or thorns; Spī′niform shaped like a spine or thorn; Spīnig′erous bearing spines as a hedgehog; Spī′nigrade moving by means of spines as an echinoderm.—n. Spī′niness.—adjs. Spīnirec′tor erecting the spine of the muscles of the back; Spīnispir′ular spiny and somewhat spiral.—ns. Spīnī′tis inflammation of the spinal cord in the horse &c; Spin′ney Spin′ny a small thicket with underwood.—adjs. Spī′nose Spī′nous full of spines: thorny.—ns. Spinos′ity thorniness; Spin′ūla Spin′ūle a minute spine.—adjs. Spin′ūlāte Spin′ūlōse Spin′ūlous covered with spinules or minute spines; Spī′ny full of spines: thorny: troublesome: perplexed.

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