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.

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