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acanthas

acanthas is the plural of acantha.

Meaning of acantha

Noun

acantha (plural acanthas)

  1. A prickle.
  2. A spine or prickly fin.
  3. A spinous process of a vertebra.
    • Moreover, all the outgrowths which I have said constitute the acantha are not of equal size in all the vertebrae, and Nature has done this with wonderful forethought.1968, Margaret Tallmadge May, Galen on the usefulness of the parts of the body, translation of original by Galen, page 581

Questions about acanthas

What is acanthas the plural of?
Acanthas is the plural of acantha.

Words near acanthas in the dictionary

  1. acanthamoebids
  2. acantharean
  3. acanthareans
  4. acantharian
  5. acantharians
  6. acanthas
  7. acanthella
  8. acanthellae
  9. acanthellas
  10. acanthesthesia
  11. acanthi

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