loading...| Preferred Name | spine appendage | |
| Synonyms |
spiny appendage spine |
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| Definitions |
A hard, thorny or needle-like structure which occurs on various animals. Animals such as porcupines and sea urchins grow spines as a self-defense mechanism. Spines are often formed of keratin. Other animals with spines are hedgehogs, spiny mice and at least two ornithischian dinosaurs. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008260 |
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| alternative label |
spiny appendage spine |
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| database_cross_reference |
Wikipedia:Spine_(zoology) |
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| definition |
A hard, thorny or needle-like structure which occurs on various animals. Animals such as porcupines and sea urchins grow spines as a self-defense mechanism. Spines are often formed of keratin. Other animals with spines are hedgehogs, spiny mice and at least two ornithischian dinosaurs. |
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| editor note |
May be reclassified depending on CARO treatment of appendage |
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| has characteristic | ||
| has quality | ||
| has_broad_synonym |
spine |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
spiny appendage |
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| id |
UBERON:0008260 |
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| in taxon | ||
| in_subset | ||
| label |
spine appendage |
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| never_in_taxon | ||
| notation |
UBERON:0008260 |
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| note |
A hard, thorny or needle-like structure which occurs on various animals. Animals such as porcupines and sea urchins grow spines as a self-defense mechanism. Spines are often formed of keratin. Other animals with spines are hedgehogs, spiny mice and at least two ornithischian dinosaurs. |
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| only in taxon | ||
| preferred label |
spine appendage |
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| prefLabel |
spine appendage |
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| subClassOf |
| Delete | Mapping To | Ontology | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008260 | UBERON | SAME_URI | |
| http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008260 | FNS-H | SAME_URI | |
| http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008260 | UBERON | LOOM | |
| http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008260 | FNS-H | LOOM |