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    Spine
    Centre of the case of a book that covers the back when it is cased in.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829
    
    
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    Spine
    the column of bones and cartilage running along the midline of the back that surrounds and protects the spinal cord and supports the head
    Found op http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?ltr=S
    
    
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    Spine
    The spine supports the skeleton, and surrounds and protects the delicate spinal cord and nerves. It is made up of 33 bones called the vertebrae.
    Found op http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pages/hub.xhtml
    
    
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    Spine
    Spine: 1) The column of bone known as the vertebral column, which surrounds and protects the spinal cord. The spine can be categorized according to level of the body: i.e., cervical spine (neck), thoracic spine (upper and middle back), and lumbar spine (lower back). See also vertebral column.
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=5529
    
    
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    Spine
    Spine noun [ Latin spina thorn, the spine; akin to spica a point: confer Old French espine , French épine . Confer Spike , Spinet a musical instrument, Spinny .] 1. (Botany) A sharp app...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/164
    
    
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    spine
    A stiff, sharp-pointed structure, formed by modification of a plant organ, for example a lateral branch or a stipule. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?spine
    
    
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    spine
    noun a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spine
    
    
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    spine
    noun the part of a book`s cover that encloses the inner side of the book`s pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; `the title and author were printed on the spine of the book`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spine
    
    
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    spine
    thorn noun a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spine
    
    
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    spine
    (spīn) a thornlike process or projection; called also acantha and spina. vertebral column.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
    
    
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    Spine
    • (n.) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish. • (n.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae. • (n.) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal. • (n.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/spine/
    
    
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    spine
    (from the article `angiosperm`) Stipules often develop before the rest of the leaf; they protect the young blade and then are often shed when the leaf matures. Spines are also ... Cacti can be distinguished from all other succulent plants by the presence of spines in areoles, small cushions that dev...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/141
    
    
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    spine
    spine 1. A sharp-pointed process; such as, on leaves, bones, echinoids, and porcupines. 2. The backbone or vertebral column. 3. The pointed process of the vertebra; scapular ridge; fin-ray.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2008/2
    
    

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