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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spinous 
  adj  :  shaped  like  a  spine  or  thorn  [syn:  {acanthoid},  {acanthous}] 




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