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Thesaurus > Related Words: spine

Words related to spine

Related / Similar Words: spinal column, vertebral column, backbone, back, rachis, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spur

Definition:
  • a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin;
  • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back";
  • a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf;
  • any pointed projection;

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    Hyponyms: ray, quill, notochord, chine, glochidium, glochid

    Part Meronyms: axial skeleton

    Derivational Morphology: stick, prickle, prick, spur

    Anagrams: snipe

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