English noun: vertebra | |||
1. | vertebra (body) one of the bony segments of the spinal column | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bone, os | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | caudal vertebra, cervical vertebra, coccygeal vertebra, dorsal vertebra, lumbar vertebra, neck bone, sacral vertebra, thoracic vertebra | ||
Part holonym | apophysis, centrum, transverse process | ||
Part meronym | back, backbone, rachis, spinal column, spine, vertebral column | ||