spine

English Thesaurus

1. a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	appendage, outgrowth, process,
definition	:	a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant (noun.body)

hyponym	:	ray,
definition	:	any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	quill,
definition	:	a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog (noun.animal)

2. the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	part, portion,
definition	:	something less than the whole of a human artifact (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	book, volume,
definition	:	physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together (noun.artifact)

3. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord (noun.body)

hypernym	:	skeletal structure,
definition	:	any structure created by the skeleton of an organism (noun.body)

hyponym	:	notochord,
definition	:	a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	chine,
definition	:	backbone of an animal (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, vertebral canal,
definition	:	the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes (noun.body)

part holonym	:	coccyx, tail bone,
definition	:	the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes (noun.body)

part holonym	:	vertebra,
definition	:	one of the bony segments of the spinal column (noun.body)

part holonym	:	intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk,
definition	:	a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two) (noun.body)

part meronym	:	axial skeleton,
definition	:	the part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs (noun.body)

4. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	aculeus,
definition	:	a stiff sharp-pointed plant process (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	glochid, glochidium,
definition	:	a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti) (noun.plant)

5. any sharply pointed projection (noun.shape)

hypernym	:	projection,
definition	:	any solid convex shape that juts out from something (noun.shape)

6. a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin (noun.animal)

derivation	:	acanthoid, acanthous, spinous,
definition	:	shaped like a spine or thorn (adj.all)

derivation	:	spinal, spinal,
definition	:	of or relating to the spine or spinal cord (adj.pert)

7. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf (noun.plant)

derivation	:	prick, prickle,
definition	:	make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn (verb.contact)

derivation	:	stick,
definition	:	pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument (verb.contact)

derivation	:	barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny,
definition	:	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (adj.all)

derivation	:	acanthoid, acanthous, spinous,
definition	:	shaped like a spine or thorn (adj.all)

8. any sharply pointed projection (noun.shape)

derivation	:	spur,
definition	:	strike with a spur (verb.contact)

derivation	:	acanthoid, acanthous, spinous,
definition	:	shaped like a spine or thorn (adj.all)

9. a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin (noun.animal)

derivation	:	acanthoid, acanthous, spinous,
definition	:	shaped like a spine or thorn (adj.all)

derivation	:	spinal, spinal,
definition	:	of or relating to the spine or spinal cord (adj.pert)

10. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf (noun.plant)

derivation	:	prick, prickle,
definition	:	make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn (verb.contact)

derivation	:	stick,
definition	:	pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument (verb.contact)

derivation	:	barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny,
definition	:	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (adj.all)

derivation	:	acanthoid, acanthous, spinous,
definition	:	shaped like a spine or thorn (adj.all)

11. any sharply pointed projection (noun.shape)

derivation	:	spur,
definition	:	strike with a spur (verb.contact)

derivation	:	acanthoid, acanthous, spinous,
definition	:	shaped like a spine or thorn (adj.all)