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- English Word Spine Definition The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
- English Word Spine Definition Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
- English Word Spine-finned Definition Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certain fishes.
- English Word Spine-tailed Definition Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
- English Word Spineback Definition A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.
- English Word Spinebill Definition Any species of Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey eaters.
- English Word Spined Definition Furnished with spines; spiny.
- English Word Spinel Definition Alt. of Spinelle
- English Word Spinel Definition Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
- English Word Spineless Definition Having no spine.
- English Word Spinelle Definition A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium.
- English Word Spinescent Definition Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines.
- English Word Spinet Definition A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used.
- English Word Spinet Definition A spinny.
- English Word Spinetail Definition Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.
- English Word Spinetail Definition Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds.
- English Word Spinetail Definition The ruddy duck.
- English Word Spineted Definition Slit; cleft.
- English Word Spiniferous Definition Producing spines; bearing thorns or spines; thorny; spiny.
- English Word Spiniform Definition Shaped like a spine.
- English Word Spinigerous Definition Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing.
- English Word Spinii-spirulate Definition Having spines arranged spirally. See Spicule.
- English Word Spininess Definition Quality of being spiny.
- English Word Spink Definition The chaffinch.
- English Word Spinnaker Definition A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind.
- English Word Spinner Definition One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.
- English Word Spinner Definition A spider.
- English Word Spinner Definition A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.
- English Word Spinner Definition A spinneret.
- English Word Spinneret Definition One of the special jointed organs situated on the under side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the spinnerets.