Spine
121spine — [spaɪn] noun [C] 1) the row of bones down the middle of your back Syn: backbone 2) the edge of a book where all the pages are fixed together 3) a sharp point on a plant or animal …
122spine — [[t]spaɪn[/t]] n. 1) anat. spinal column 2) bot a hard, sharp pointed outgrowth on a plant; thorn 3) zool. anat. a stiff pointed bone, process, or appendage, as the quill of a porcupine or the sharp rays in the fin of certain fishes 4) resolution …
123spine — /spaɪn / (say spuyn) noun 1. the vertebral or spinal column; the backbone. 2. any backbone like part. 3. a pointed process or projection, as of a bone. 4. a stiff, pointed process or appendage on an animal, as a quill of a porcupine, or a sharp,… …
124spine — Iwikuamo o, kuamo o (backbone); kukū, kālī, wanawana. ♦ Spines on fish fin, iwi kā, iwi kala, iwi kā lalo, iwi kala kua, kākala, pola, kōkala …
125cervical spine — Spine on lateral surface of carapace immediately posterior to cervical groove of crayfishes (see Fig. 14) [Hobbs and Jass, 1988]. Spine on the lateral surface of the carapace immediately posterior to the cervical groove in crayfishes [Hobbs,… …
126suprahepatic spine — Spine arising from the edge of the cervical carina dorsal to the hepatic spine (Fig. 2A) [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997] …
127body spine — spine sharp hard bony structures on the skeleton or skin, e.g. preopercular spines. Both serve as predator deterrents …
128basial spine — Spine projecting from basis of a thoracic appendage [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997] …
