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acantha

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7 lettersPronunciation /əˈkæn.θə/Part of speech nounSorted aaachntStarts with AEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. any sharply pointed projection

Word origin

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Rotary strokes or stationary circles in the direction of the flank / Alternate from the acantha of the vertebral column in the direction of the flank (medial to lateral)

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