Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-CANTH'A
A-CANTH'A, n. [Gr. ακανθα, a spine or thorn.]
In botany, a prickle; in zoology, a spine or prickly fin; an acute process of the vertebers. – Encyc.
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A-CANTH'A, n. [Gr. ακανθα, a spine or thorn.]
In botany, a prickle; in zoology, a spine or prickly fin; an acute process of the vertebers. – Encyc.
Return to page 17 of the letter “A”.