Definitions for vertebral column
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Princeton's WordNet
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis(noun)
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
"the fall broke his back"
Wiktionary
vertebral column(Noun)
The series of vertebrae that protect the spinal cord; the spinal column.
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