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The spinal column, or the vertebrae of the spine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology
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An anatomical shaft or axis in a marine invertebrate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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The central shaft of a feather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
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The axis of either a compound leaf, inflorescence, or fern frond.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back
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Broader terms: skeletal structure
Narrower terms: notochord, chine
axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: axis
From New Latin rhachis/rachis, from Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “spine, ridge”).
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
гръбнак
(grǎbnak)
— spinal column — see also spinal column
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Catalan:
raquis
— spinal column — see also spinal column
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Esperanto:
rakio
— spinal column — see also spinal column
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Romanian:
rahis
— spinal column — see also spinal column
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Spanish:
raquis
— spinal column — see also spinal column
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Bulgarian:
стъбло
(stǎblo)
— central shaft of a feather
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Catalan:
raquis
— central shaft of a feather
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Finnish:
ruoti
— central shaft of a feather
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Finnish:
ruoto
— central shaft of a feather
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Polish:
stosina
— central shaft of a feather
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Portuguese:
raque
— central shaft of a feather
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Romanian:
rahis
— central shaft of a feather
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Spanish:
raquis
— central shaft of a feather
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Catalan:
raquis
— main shaft of a compound leaf or inflorescence
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Finnish:
keskiranka
— main shaft of a compound leaf or inflorescence
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Finnish:
lapakko
— main shaft of a compound leaf or inflorescence
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Galician:
raque
— main shaft of a compound leaf or inflorescence
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Romanian:
rahis
— main shaft of a compound leaf or inflorescence
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Spanish:
raquis
— main shaft of a compound leaf or inflorescence