spinous
/spahy-nuhs/US // ˈspaɪ nəs //UK // (ˈspaɪnəs) //
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adj.形容词 adjective
- 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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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.
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