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spine noun

  /spaɪn/
  • 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.
 dorso, costa
  • Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.
 colonna vertebrale
  • (zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.
 spina

spined adjective

  • (not comparable) Having spines, spiny.
 spine
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