Vertebrae
['və:tibri:]
Definition
(pl. ) of Vertebra
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Examples
- Why should the brain be enclosed in a box composed of such numerous and such extraordinarily shaped pieces of bone apparently representing vertebrae? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The caudal and sacral vertebrae vary in number; as does the number of the ribs, together with their relative breadth and the presence of processes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- They showed us a cast of his face taken after death, the bullet that killed him, and the two vertebrae in which it lodged. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There was a long sustained and supreme effort on the ape-man's part--and the vertebrae of Sabor's neck parted with a sharp snap. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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