棘

Meaning

棘 centers on sharp, piercing projections: literal thorns, splinters, or spines, and by extension biting, hurtful words that prick like thorns.

• 棘おどろ

  briars; thicket; the bush

• 仙棘靱帯せんきょくじんたい

  sacrospinous ligament

• 坐骨棘ざこつきょく

  ischial spine

• 奄美棘鼠あまみとげねずみ

  Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)

• 尻棘大蜥蜴しりとげおおとかげ

  black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis); freckled monitor

• 有棘細胞癌ゆうきょくさいぼうがん

  spinocellular carcinoma; squamous-cell carcinoma; prickle cell carcinoma

• 棘下筋きょっかきん

  infraspinatus muscle

• 棘尾大蜥蜴とげおおおとかげ

  ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus); spiny-tailed monitor

• 棘条きょくじょう

  spiny ray (of a fin)

• 棘栗蟹とげくりがに

  helmet crab (Telmessus acutidens)

• 棘皮動物きょくひどうぶつ

  echinoderm

• 棘皮動物門きょくひどうぶつもん

  Echinodermata (phylum of marine invertebrates)

• 棘突起きょくとっき

  spinous process

• 棘紅葉貝とげもみじがい

  sand sifting starfish (Astropecten polyacanthus); comb star

• 棘魚とげうお

  stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)

• 棘魚類きょくぎょるい

  acanthodians (extinct jawed fishes)

• 棘鼠とげねずみ

  Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)

• 毒棘どくきょく

  poisonous spine; venomous spine

• 沖縄棘鼠おきなわとげねずみ

  Muennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki); Okinawa spinous country-rat

• 綺麗な薔薇には棘があるきれいなばらにはとげがある

  there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn

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