acantha

Meaning

  1. A prickle.
  2. A spine or prickly fin.
  3. A spinous process of a vertebra.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈkæn.θə/
Etymology

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

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