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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small, toothlike, upward projection from the second vertebra of the neck around which the first vertebra rotates.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck
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