Search Result for "spinous":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. having spines;
- Example: "the dorsal fin is spinous"
[syn: spinous, spiny]
2. shaped like a spine or thorn;
[syn: acanthoid, acanthous, spinous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spinous \Spi"nous\, a. 1. Spinose; thorny. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike. [1913 Webster] Spinous process of a vertebra (Anat.), the dorsal process of the neural arch of a vertebra; a neurapophysis. [1913 Webster]
