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chines

noun

plural of chine

as in spines

a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal uncovered the chine of some animal while digging in the backyard

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Recent Examples of chines At low speeds, the wide upper chines deliver stability and good fuel performance. — Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025

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That Airtag was then tracked to an Amazon AI training facility in Las Vegas that housed a team focused on tearing books from their spines and scanning pages, 404 Media reported.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Many of the spines had peeled off, and Nidhi could see the string and glue that held the pages together.

— Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of spines

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More specifically, insects are invertebrates (animals without backbones) and are part of the arthropod phylum, which also includes spiders, crabs, and centipedes.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Look under rocks for macroinvertebrates (animals without backbones, like stoneflies).

— Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2026

Definition of backbones

Noun

The thing that’s most advanced in ranking RBs is expected QB play given the backs need third-down conversions to add touches and to get red-zone possessions.

— Jess Bryant, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
The Pasadena native grew up around the program and attended UCLA games at the Rose Bowl, where his dad, Demetrice Martin, was the defensive backs coach from 2012-2017.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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