Usually means: Sharp spine on an animal.
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  1. acantha: Merriam-Webster
  2. acantha: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. acantha: Collins English Dictionary
  4. acantha: Vocabulary.com
  5. acantha: Wordnik
  6. acantha: Wiktionary
  7. Acantha, acantha: Dictionary.com
  8. Acantha: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Acantha: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. acantha: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Acantha: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. acantha: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. acantha: FreeDictionary.org
  14. acantha: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. acantha: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. acantha: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. acantha: Merriam-Webster

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  1. acantha: Encyclopedia

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  3. acantha: Medical dictionary

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  1. acantha: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

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Definitions from Wiktionary (acantha)

▸ noun:  (botany) A prickle.
▸ noun:  (zoology) A spine or prickly fin.
▸ noun:  (anatomy) A spinous process of a vertebra.

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acanthus, bramble, nettle, acanthad, achyranthe, pyracanthus, epacris, prickerbush, pyracanth, pyracantha, more...

Types:
spiny acantha, soft acantha, hooked acantha, straight acantha, curved acantha, more...

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Similar:
acanthus, bramble, nettle, acanthad, achyranthe, pyracanthus, epacris, prickerbush, pyracanth, pyracantha, more...

Types:
spiny acantha, soft acantha, hooked acantha, straight acantha, curved acantha, more...



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