Definition of spine

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

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Interneural :: Interneural (n.) An interneural spine or cartilage.
Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The spine.
Lherzolite :: Lherzolite (n.) An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium)..
Spinelle :: Spinel (n.) Alt. of Spinell.
Aristate :: Aristate (a.) Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip..
Hylaeosaurus :: Hylaeosaurus (n.) A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines..
Ray :: Ray (n.) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes..
Thorn :: Thorn (n.) A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine..
Clarichord :: Clarichord (n.) A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord..
Scepterellate :: Scepterellate (a.) Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.
Scoliosis :: Scoliosis (n.) A lateral curvature of the spine.
Griskin :: Griskin (n.) The spine of a hog.
Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like..
Ceylanite :: Ceylanite (n.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste..
Picked :: Picked (a.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes.
Fasciole :: Fasciole (n.) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea..
Acanthocarpous :: Acanthocarpous (a.) Having the fruit covered with spines.
Spinosity :: Spinose (a.) Full of spines; armed with thorns; thorny.
Echinoidea :: Echinoidea (n. pl.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid..
Batrachoid :: Batrachoid (a.) Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines..
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