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Spindrift
- noun - spray blown up from the surface of the sea
Spineback
- - A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.
Spinebill
- - Any species of Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey eaters.
Spineless
- adjective - Cowardly
- lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example of invertebrate animals"
- lacking spiny processes; "spineless fins"
- lacking thorns
- weak in willpower, courage or vitality
Spinetail
- - Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines. (b) Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds. (c) The ruddy duck.
Spininess
- noun - the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
Spinnable
- adjective - capable of being spun into fibres
- capable or susceptible to being influenced by biased information
Spinnaker
- noun - a large and usually triangular headsail; carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind
Spinneret
- - One of the special jointed organs situated on the under side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the spinnerets.