adjective
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resembling a spine or thorn
the spinous process of a bone
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having spines or spiny projections
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another word for spinose
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These muscles bring together the spinous and transverse processes of each consecutive vertebra.
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They have short transverse processes and a short, blunt spinous process that projects posteriorly.
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The supraspinous ligament is located on the posterior side of the vertebral column, where it interconnects the spinous processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae.
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The fused spinous processes form the median sacral crest, while the lateral sacral crest arises from the fused transverse processes.
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Daldorf, a Danish zoologist of reputation, asserts that he has seen this species in the act of climbing palm-trees, effecting its ascent by means of fins and tail, with the aid of its spinous gill-covers.
From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Philip Henry Gosse
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