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spinations

spinations is the plural of spination.

Meaning of spination

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

Questions about spinations

What is spinations the plural of?
Spinations is the plural of spination.

Words near spinations in the dictionary

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

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