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1 backbone
1) (the spine: the backbone of a fish.) ραχοκοκαλιά2) (the chief support: The older employees are the backbone of the industry.) το κύριο τμήμα, η «ραχοκοκαλιά» -
2 Backbone
subs.P. and V. σφόνδυλος, ὁ.Of the backbone: P. and V. νωτιαῖος.A farmer, one of those that are the backbone of the land: V. αὐτουργὸς, οἵπερ καὶ μόνοι σώζουσι γῆν (Eur., Or. 920).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Backbone
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3 spine
1) (the line of linked bones running down the back of humans and many animals; the backbone: She damaged her spine when she fell.) σπονδυλική στήλη,ραχοκοκαλιά2) (something like a backbone in shape or function: the spine of a book.) ράχη3) (a thin, stiff, pointed part growing on an animal or a plant.) αγκάθι•- spinal- spineless
- spiny
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4 back
[bæk] 1. noun1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) πλάτη2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) ράχη3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) πίσω μέρος4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) οπισθοφύλακας2. adjective(of or at the back: the back door.) πίσω3. adverb1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) πίσω2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) μακριά3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) προς τα πίσω4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) αντι(μιλώ)5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) στο παρελθόν4. verb1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) κάνω όπισθεν2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) υποστηρίζω3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) στοιχηματίζω•- backer- backbite
- backbiting
- backbone
- backbreaking
- backdate
- backfire
- background
- backhand 5. adverb(using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) ανάποδα- backlog- back-number
- backpack
- backpacking: go backpacking
- backpacker
- backside
- backslash
- backstroke
- backup
- backwash
- backwater
- backyard
- back down
- back of
- back on to
- back out
- back up
- have one's back to the wall
- put someone's back up
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5 earthworm
noun ((usually worm) a kind of small animal with a ringed body and no backbone, living in damp earth.) γεωσκώληκας,κοινό σκουλήκι -
6 invertebrate
[in'və:tibrət]adjective, noun((an animal eg a worm or insect) not having a backbone.) ασπόνδυλος -
7 rib
[rib]1) (any one of the bones which curve round and forward from the backbone, enclosing the heart and lungs.) πλευρό, παϊδι2) (one of the curved pieces of wood which are joined to the keel to form the framework of a boat.) τοξοειδής ενδυνάμωση βάρκας (εγκοίλιο, νομέας)3) (a vertical raised strip in eg knitted material, or the pattern formed by a row of these.) λάστιχο4) (any of a number of things similar in shape, use etc to a rib, eg one of the supports for the fabric of an aeroplane wing or of an umbrella.) νεύρο, μπανέλα•- ribbed- ribbing -
8 spinal cord
(a cord of nerve cells running up through the backbone.) νωτιαίος μυελός -
9 vertebrate
[-brət]noun, adjective ((an animal) having a backbone: Insects are not vertebrates.) -
10 worm
[wə:m] 1. noun(a kind of small creeping animal with a ringed body and no backbone; an earth-worm.) σκουλήκι2. verb1) (to make (one's way) slowly or secretly: He wormed his way to the front of the crowd.) γλιστρώ2) (to get (information etc) with difficulty (out of someone): It took me hours to worm the true story out of him.) βγάζω με το τσιγκέλι
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