n :  a depressed furrow between body parts (as on the surface between a pair of adjacent ribs or in the dorsal wall of the body cavity on either side of the spinal column) .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  ca·tar·ia  ca·tarrh  cat·tery  cau·ter 
 
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