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Adjective: spiny (spinier,spiniest)  spI-nee
  1. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
    "a horse with a short spiny mane";
    - barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, thorny
     
  2. Having spines
    "the dorsal fin is spiny";
    - spinous

Derived forms: spiniest, spinier

See also: armed

Encyclopedia: Spiny, Poland