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| has gloss | (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 spine  | 
| has gloss | eng: A spine is a hard, thorny or needle-like structure which occurs on various animals. Animals such as porcupines and sea urchins grow spines as a self-defense mechanism. Spines are often formed of keratin. Other animals with spines are hedgehogs and spiny mice. | 
| lexicalization | eng: spine | 
| subclass of | (noun) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" process, outgrowth, appendage  | 
| has subclass | (noun) any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish ray  | 
| has subclass | (noun) a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog quill  | 
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| Afrikaans | |
| lexicalization | afr: doring | 
| Czech | |
| has gloss | ces: Bodlina je tvrdá, dlouhému trnu nebo jehle podobná struktura, která se vyskytuje na těle různých zvířat. Tvoří je látka zvaná keratin. Bodliny obvykle slouží k obraně nebo odstrašení útočníka. | 
| lexicalization | ces: bodlina | 
| lexicalization | ces: osten | 
| lexicalization | ces: trn | 
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| lexicalization | ces: hřbet | 
| Crimean Tatar | |
| lexicalization | crh: tiken | 
| Danish | |
| lexicalization | dan: torn | 
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: dorno | 
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| lexicalization | epo: dornfiŝeto | 
| Estonian | |
| lexicalization | est: astel | 
| Finnish | |
| lexicalization | fin: piikki | 
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| lexicalization | fin: oas | 
| lexicalization | fin: selkä | 
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: épine | 
| Hebrew | |
| lexicalization | heb: שית | 
| Hindi | |
| lexicalization | hin: काँटा | 
| Croatian | |
| lexicalization | hrv: trn | 
| Hungarian | |
| lexicalization | hun: tüske | 
| Armenian | |
| lexicalization | hye: փուշ | 
| Indonesian | |
| lexicalization | ind: duri | 
| Italian | |
| has gloss | ita: L'aculeo è, nel linguaggio scientifico, il nome generico di ogni organo pungente che si trovi negli animali. | 
| lexicalization | ita: Aculeo | 
| Korean | |
| lexicalization | kor: 가시 | 
| Lithuanian | |
| lexicalization | lit: rakis | 
| Norwegian Bokmål | |
| lexicalization | nob: torn | 
| Occitan (post 1500) | |
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| lexicalization | oci: espina | 
| Polish | |
| lexicalization | pol: cierń | 
| Portuguese | |
| has gloss | por: Em zoologia, um espinho é cada um dos pêlos diferenciados, rígidos e pontiagudos, que revestem o corpo de alguns mamíferos, como o ouriço, ou pode ainda se referir a cada um dos processos pontiagudos e móveis do tegumento externo do ouriço-do-mar, utlizados para locomoção e defesa. | 
| lexicalization | por: espinho | 
| Telugu | |
| lexicalization | tel: ముల్లు | 
| Urdu | |
| lexicalization | urd: کانٹا | 
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| similar | e/Spine (zoology) | 
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| media:img | Porcupine-BioDome.jpg | 
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