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spiny

DEFINITIONS OF: spiny

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adj having spines

Synonyms:
spinous
Antonyms:
spineless
lacking spiny processes

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

Synonyms:
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, thorny
armed
(used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
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