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spinous

/spahy-nuhs/US // ˈspaɪ nəs //UK // (ˈspaɪnəs) //

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : covered with or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
    • : armed with or bearing sharp-pointed processes, as an animal.
    • : spinelike.

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Examples

  • Under a lens, they usually appear covered with spinous eminences, arranged like scales.

  • The back bone receives its name, spine, or spinal column, from these spinous processes.

  • The lower leaves of this plant are spinous and very glaucous, and the upper ones palmate.

  • The arches or spinous processes are the occipital crest, the parietals, the frontals, and the nasals.

  • The fifth and sixth generations are now growing without exhibiting the least tendency to revert to the spinous form.