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Adjective: spiny (spinier,spiniest)  spInee
  1. Having spines
    - spinous
     
  2. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
    - barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, thorny

Derived forms: spinier, spiniest

See also: armed, spininess

Encyclopedia: Spiny

Nearest

spinose
spinous
Spinoza
spinster
spinsterhood
spinthariscope
spinule
Spinus
Spinus pinus
Spinus tristis
spiny
spiny anteater
spiny dogfish
spiny lizard
spiny lobster
spiny puffer
spiny softshell
spiny talinum
spiny-backed
spiny-edged
spiny-finned