All 5 Uses
vertebrae
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Airborn, by Oppel
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- I could make out the long, knobbly chain of vertebrae clear enough, and the rib cage, though some of the bones there were cracked or flattened.†
Chpt 9. *
- "Or a long tail," I said, looking at the skinny line of vertebrae trailing on the branch.†
Chpt 9.
- She started with the skull, which was closest after all, and worked her way down the vertebrae.†
Chpt 11.
- I got back to work on the vertebrae, fiddly little things, but they popped out fairly easily.†
Chpt 11.
- The last vertebrae from his tail went in.†
Chpt 11.
Definitions:
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(1)
(vertebrae) bony segments of the spinal column
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)