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Rachis

The spine; the vertebral column.

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Broader term 1

Axis 76% connected

The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Narrower term 2

Chine 76% connected

A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Notochord 76% connected

An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Coccyx 70% connected

The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated.

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Vertebra 70% connected

One of the serial segments of the spinal column.

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Synonym 3

Back 92% connected

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Backbone 92% connected

The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Spine 92% connected

A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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