Spinous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Spinous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Spinous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spinous adj having spines; "the dorsal fin is spinous" [syn: spinous, spiny] Antonym(s): spineless shaped like a spine or thorn Synonym(s): acanthoid, acanthous, spinous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spinous \Spi"nous\, a. 1. Spinose; thorny. 2. Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike. {Spinous process of a vertebra} (Anat.), the dorsal process of the neural arch of a vertebra; a neurapophysis.