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Under a lens, they usually appear covered with spinous eminences, arranged like scales.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY: VOL. III (OF 4)WILLIAM KIRBYThe back bone receives its name, spine, or spinal column, from these spinous processes.
A TREATISE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMYCATHERINE ESTHER BEECHERThe lower leaves of this plant are spinous and very glaucous, and the upper ones palmate.
THE SEA SHOREWILLIAM S. FURNEAUXThe arches or spinous processes are the occipital crest, the parietals, the frontals, and the nasals.
FORM AND FUNCTIONE. S. (EDWARD STUART) RUSSELLThe fifth and sixth generations are now growing without exhibiting the least tendency to revert to the spinous form.
ON THE GENESIS OF SPECIESST. GEORGE MIVARTIt is covered with black spinous bristles from two to three inches long, shortest on the head and limbs.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAMMALIA OF INDIA AND CEYLONROBERT A. STERNDALESmall decorated paint pot with spinous protuberances to facilitate handling.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTIONS OBTAINEDJAMES STEVENSONSmall paint pot with spinous protuberances to facilitate handling.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTIONS OBTAINEDJAMES STEVENSONThree small paint pots with spinous protuberances to facilitate handling.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTIONS OBTAINEDJAMES STEVENSONSubspinous, sub-spī′nus, adj. somewhat spinous: under the spinal column, or a spinous process.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 4 OF 4: S-Z AND SUPPLEMENTS)VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO SPINOUS
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