Defenition of the word rachis

• Defenition of the word rachis

  • Central axis of bird feathers, which carries the barbs, extending the calamus that is implanted into the skin.
  • axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence
  • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
  • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

Meronymys for the word rachis

• • axial skeleton

Hyponyms for the word rachis

• • chine
  • notochord

Hypernyms for the word rachis

• • axis
  • skeletal structure

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