Meanings (ES + gloss)
columna vertebral • entrecuesto • espina dorsal • espinazo • esquena • raquis
A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.
Trademark Owners will nevertheless try to dictate how their marks are to be represented, but dictionary publishers with spine can resist such pressure.
lomo • recazo
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.
The spine is the book's backbone. Because the spine is generally all you can see when a book is on the shelf, the spine displays the title and author of the book and is often ornat…
espina
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.
The male, as Dr. Gunther informs me, has a cluster of stiff, straight spines, like those of a comb, on the sides of the tail.
Phrases
albaspinedespinedrop-spinefinspinefourspineholospinemicrospinemultispineprotospinesend a shiver down someone's spinesend shivers down someone's spinespin-spinalspinatespinationspine boardspine pigspine plotspine rampspine roadspine-chillerspine-chillingspine-tailed swiftspine-tinglerspine-tinglingspinebackspinebillspinebusterspinedspinefootspinelessspineletspinelikespinelyspinescentspinetailspiniformspinitisspino-spinoid
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