Spineless: alternatives and connections

A spine or prickly fin.

Spine-bearing.

a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis

In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body…

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

one of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region

The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.

A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell…

A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dors…

(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine"

A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also dhobb, and dhabb.

abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse; seen most often in elderly women

An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like.

correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction o…

The spine of a hog.

Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at…

Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which i…

Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A proje…