spine
noun
/spaɪn/
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- The narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name.
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dorso,
costa
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- Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.
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colonna vertebrale
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- (zootomy, botany) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, or plant.
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spina dorsale
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spined
adjective
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- (not comparable) Having spines, spiny.
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spine
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