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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sharp spiny part or structure, such as the spinous process of a vertebra.
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  • n. A prickle.
  • n. A spine or prickly fin.
  • n. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A prickle.
  • n. A spine or prickly fin.
  • n. The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, a prickle.
  • n. In zoology, a spine or prickly fin.
  • n. In anatomy: One of the spinous processes of the vertebræ. The vertebral column as a whole.
  • n. [capitalized] In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects.
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  • n. any sharply pointed projection
    • Hypernym
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    projection   
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    prickle   
     
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