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SPINOUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shaped like a spine or thorn

Synonyms:

acanthoid; acanthous; spinous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

pointed (having a point)

Derivation:

spine (a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin)

spine (a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf)

spine (any sharply pointed projection)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having spines

Example:

the dorsal fin is spinous

Synonyms:

spinous; spiny

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

spineless (lacking spiny processes)

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