Sentence examples for sharp spine from inspiring English sources

They have spiny fins and rough, prickly scales; some also have a sharp spine on each cheek.

In addition to sharing the stalk-eyed condition, the new species has a large, sharp spine near each eye that is directed forward and downward.

Each is 60 180 cm (2 6 feet) long and 10 18 cm (4 7 inches) across at the widest portion, terminating in a sharp spine.

Chimaeras are tapered fishes with large pectoral and pelvic fins, large eyes, and two dorsal fins, the first preceded by a sharp spine.

The South American nest-building hylid, Hyla faber, has a long, sharp spine on the thumb with which males wound each other when wrestling.

Sharp spines on their faces.

"They've got quite sharp spines on their pectoral fins".

The chicks may reject fish that are awkward to swallow or that have sharp spines.

In the freshwater Unionidae the released larva, called a glochidium, often has sharp spines projecting inward from each valve.

There were also pineapple harvesters, bundled up against the sharp spines of the plant, and cane cutters, coffee pickers and the local cowboys known as paniolos.

As musicians pluck the sharp spines, the sonic signals are sent to a digital-effects processor, which gradually elongates the notes and expands them harmonically.