setaceous

Definitions of setaceous
  1. adjective
    having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
    “setaceous whiskers”
    synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, spiny, thorny
    armed
    (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
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