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Spiny

Spiny Meaning & Definition
Spiny Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Spiny?

[adj] having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Spiny: armed | barbed | barbellate | briary | briery | bristled | bristly | burred | burry | prickly | thorny

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Spiny In Webster's Dictionary

\Spin"y\, a. [From {Spine}.] 1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree. 2. Like a spine in shape; slender. ``Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping.'' --Chapman. 3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances. The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. --Bp. Warburton. {Spiny lobster}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Rock lobster}, under {Rock}. See also {Lobster}.
\Spin"y\, n. See {Spinny}.

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