ruggengraat

Definitions of ruggengraat
  1. 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
    synonyms: doorn, ruggegraat, ruggestreng, wervelkolom
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    type of:
    uitgroeisel, uitwas
    a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
  2. noun
    the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
    synonyms: achterste, rug, ruggegraat, ruggestreng, rugleuning, wervelkolom
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