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A prickle.

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Definitions

  1. n. A prickle.
  2. n. A spine or prickly fin.
  3. n. The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.
  4. n. any sharply pointed projection
  5. 1. (Bot.) A prickle. 2. (Zoöl.) A spine or prickly fin. 3. (Anat.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. Dunglison.
  6. n any sharply pointed projection