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spination

spination noun: the distribution of spines on an organism.

Noun

spination (plural spinations)

  1. The distribution of spines on an organism.
    • The internal defensive spicula are very numerous, and appear all to spring from the basal membrane, their diameter is nearly the same at the base, but they vary greatly in their length and also in the degree of their spinations; in some the spines are quite in an incipient state, while in others...1866, J. S. Bowerbank, A Monograph of the British Spongiadae, page 150
    • They share few characters: 25 vertebrae; compact, triangular gut; inconspicuous gas bladder; and some head spination.2000, Jeffrey Martin Leis, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes: An Identification Guide

Forms of spination

pluralspinations

Questions about spination

What does spination mean?
Spination means the distribution of spines on an organism.
What part of speech is spination?
Spination is a noun.
What is the plural of spination?
The plural of spination is spinations.

Words near spination in the dictionary

  1. spinars
  2. spinasterol
  3. spinate
  4. spinathon
  5. spinathons
  6. spination
  7. spinations
  8. spinback
  9. spinbacks
  10. spinbox
  11. spinboxes

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