Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spinous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spinous \Spi"nous\, a.
1. Spinose; thorny.
2. Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike.
{Spinous process of a vertebra} (Anat.), the dorsal process
of the neural arch of a vertebra; a neurapophysis.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spinous
adj : shaped like a spine or thorn [syn: {acanthoid}, {acanthous}]
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