spine
Noun
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A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
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ABC News music critic named "When a Woman Loves" the best single of 2010 saying: "An absolutely stunning love song with a pitch-perfect vocal performance that will send chills down your spine — for the right reasons."
A bullet punctured one of Robert Freeland's lungs and chipped his spine, nearly killing him and leaving him paralyzed.
After taking the name Minnesota Health Action Group in 2013, the nonprofit launched studies to detail why costs were high and widely variable for conditions ranging from back pain and spine treatments to joint replacements and specialty drugs.
Above each leg is a rigid conical spine.
Additionally, there was an object that appeared to be an arrowhead embedded in the spine; and there were perimortem injuries to the skull.
Although the road network leads almost everywhere, there is a lack of modern highways, although this is gradually changing with the completion of the northern coastal spine highway.