spinous
IPA: spˈɪnʌs
adjective
- Having many spines.
- Spine-like; spiny.
- (obsolete) Of a person: difficult to deal with, prickly.
- (rare) Of a subject: providing many difficulties, thorny.
- (anatomy) Having a sharp projection.
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Examples of "spinous" in Sentences
- The fish is spinous on its back.
- The spinous dorsal fin is placed above the pelvics.
- The lamina connect the spinous process to the pedicles.
- A skin weal is made 2 to 3 cm lateral to the spinous process.
- The first dorsal and anal fins are spinous as is the operculum.
- The spinous process is short, and nearly horizontal in direction.
- The 'spinous process' is short, and nearly horizontal in direction.
- The carina is modified into spinous processes on last three whorls.
- All the segments are destitute of pedicles, laminae and spinous processes.
- Between the spinous processes, it is continuous with the interspinal ligaments.