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a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal
carefully reconstructed the vertebral column of the dinosaur
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spines
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From Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s hand came branches and whorls, spines and webs.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025 -
The cactus appears in the Aztec codices and the name comes from a Nahuatl word that means a pot covered in spines.—
Eyder Peralta,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Vertebral columns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertebral%20columns. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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