espina — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bone noun One of the hard, calcium-rich pieces that make up the skeleton of humans and most animals.
- prickle noun A sharp and often small point, especially that of a plant; a thorn.
- spine noun A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.
- thorn noun A sharp, hard, pointed growth on a plant stem or branch.
Senses
espina is used for these senses in English:
- bone A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
- fishbone A bone from a fish.
- prickle A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
- spine (zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.
- thorn (botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
bone — full definition
- noun One of the hard, calcium-rich pieces that make up the skeleton of humans and most animals.
- noun An off-white color resembling the shade of bone.
- verb To remove the bones from meat or fish before cooking.
prickle — full definition
- noun A sharp and often small point, especially that of a plant; a thorn.
- noun A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), as distinguished from a thorn.
- noun A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
- noun A kind of willow basket.