Definition of spine

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

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Postscapula :: Postscapula (n.) The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula..
Seta :: Seta (n.) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.
Spindle :: Spinate (a.) Bearing a spine; spiniform.
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..
Spinulose :: Spinulescent (a.) Having small spines; somewhat thorny.
Spine-tailed :: Spinetail (n.) The ruddy duck.
Aristate :: Aristate (a.) Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip..
Dabb :: Dabb (n.) A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also dhobb, and dhabb..
Turban-shell :: Turban-shell (n.) A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.
Whipparee :: Whipparee (n.) A large sting ray (Dasybatis, / Trygon, Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail..
Back :: Back (n.) In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster..
Batrachoid :: Batrachoid (a.) Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines..
Weever :: Weever (n.) Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidae. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painful wounds..
Rack :: Rack (n.) The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.
Spinet :: Spinescent (a.) Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines..
Myriacanthous :: Myriacanthous (a.) Having numerous spines, as certain fishes..
Heteracanth :: Heteracanth (a.) Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides..
Sea Adder :: Sea adder () The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); -- called also bismore.
Ray :: Ray (n.) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes..
Placoid :: Placoid (a.) Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids..
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