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vertebrae

NOUN
backbone
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NOUN
spinal column
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The work is based on an analysis of several 11-million-year-old vertebrae from one animal, found in Denmark.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

In the late 1990s, scientists working in the Ajimu area of Oita prefecture, Japan, uncovered three fossilized vertebrae from a giant salamander in the Cryptobranchidae family.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

That tower is extraordinary, with its deep-set curved windows arrayed like a supple column of vertebrae.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The vertebrae line up to create a series of ball-and-socket joints running from head to tail.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

They could use X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs to locate the bullet, reveal the damage to his ribs and vertebrae, and show that his organs and spinal cord were uninjured.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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