Word

spiny, adj.
(spinier, spiniest)

having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
<adj.all>

barbed barbellate briary briery bristled bristly burred burry prickly setaceous setose spiny thorny

sample sentences

"a horse with a short bristly mane"
"bristly shrubs"
"burred fruits"
"setaceous whiskers"

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derivationally related form

barbel

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derivationally related form

briar

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derivationally related form

bristliness bristle

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derivationally related form

burr

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derivationally related form

prickle prickliness

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derivationally related form

seta

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derivationally related form

spininess

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derivationally related form

thorniness thorn

semantic pointers

similar to

armed

having spines
<adj.all>

spinous spiny

sample sentences

"the dorsal fin is spinous"

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antonym

spineless