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- noun Plural form of
vertebra .
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Examples
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And actually what Republicans were able to do, their vertebras again, they finally have a backbone.
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It was taking a little bit of pressure off of the spinal cord because two of my vertebras had been pushed in, and exploded and they were really pushing the spinal cord to the bitter end.
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It was taking a little bit of pressure off of the spinal cord because two of my vertebras had been pushed in, and exploded and they were really pushing the spinal cord to the bitter end.
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And actually what Republicans were able to do, their vertebras again, they finally have a backbone.
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One of his hands traced a heated path along each of her vertebras.
Savor Me Slowly Gena Showalter 2008
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A 750-pound cement slab fell on his head, crushing his vertebras, which they said, you know, it's a miracle he's still alive.
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Common injuries are dislocated vertebras, damaged nerve tissue, or strained muscles and/or tendons.
Chapter 12 1982
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He slit their stomachs open from the gills back to the tail and scooped out the entrails and threw them in the river, then he snapped the heads off cleanly by breaking the vertebras backwards; then he cut two long slices along the dorsal fin from front to back and peeled the skin off in strips.
Half of Paradise James Lee Burke 1965
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Herculean power in which the long arms approximated with a twisting, bending effect; two vertebras in Ahpilus's back at the point of least resistance separated, the spine was dislocated, and a mass of helpless, vibrating human flesh fell at the feet of the victor.
A Strange Discovery Charles Romyn Dake
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They consist of one of the bones of the cranium, fifteen or twenty vertebras, two entire ribs, and part of a third, one thigh bone, two bones of the leg,
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 354, January 31, 1829 Various
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