单词 | spiny anteater |
释义 | echidna /e-kidˈnə/nounA member of the genus Tachyglossus of Australian toothless, spiny, egg-laying, burrowing monotremes (also called spiny anteater) ORIGIN: Gr echidna viper echidˈnine noun Snake-poison spine /spīn/noun
ORIGIN: L spīna a thorn spīˈna noun
spīˈnal adjective Of the backbone spīˈnate or spined adjective Having a spine or spines spineˈless adjective
spineˈlessly adverb spineˈlessness noun spīnescˈence noun spīnescˈent adjective
spīnifˈerous adjective Thornbearing spīˈniform adjective Like a thorn spīnigˈerous adjective Bearing spines spīˈnigrade adjective Moving by means of spines, as an echinoderm does spīˈniness noun spīˈnose (or /-nōsˈ/) adjective
spīnosˈity noun Thorniness spīˈnous adjective
spinˈūlāte adjective spinūle /spinˈ or spīnˈ/ noun (biology) A small or minute spine spinūlescˈent adjective spinūlifˈerous adjective spinˈūlōse or spinˈūlous adjective spīˈny adjective
spina bifida noun see separate entry. spinal anaesthesia noun
spinal canal noun A passage running through the spinal column, containing the spinal cord spinal column noun In vertebrates, the articulated series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the tip of the tail, forming the axis of the skeleton and enclosing the spinal cord spinal cord or spinal chord noun The main neural axis in vertebrates spinal tap noun (N American) A lumbar puncture spineˈ-bashing noun (Aust sl) Loafing, lying down, sleeping spineˈ-basher noun spineˈ-chiller noun A frightening story, thought or happening spineˈ-chilling adjective spineˈ-tingling adjective Causing a frisson of fear, pleasure or excitement spiny anteater noun An echidna spiny lobster noun A marine crustacean similar to the lobster but smaller and without claws, the langouste |
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