Found 3 items, similar to spine.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: spine duri
English → English (WordNet) Definition: spine spine n 1: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; “the fall broke his back” [syn: spinal column, vertebral column, backbone, back, rachis] 2: any pointed projection [syn: spur] 3: a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf [syn: thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker] 4: a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
English → English (gcide) Definition: Spine Spine \Spine\, n. [L. spina thorn, the spine; akin to spica a point: cf. OF. espine, F. ['e]pine. Cf. Spike, Spinet a musical instrument, Spinny.] 1. (Bot.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal. (b) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish. [1913 Webster] 3. (Anat.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebr[ae]. [1913 Webster] 4. Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge. [1913 Webster]