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    SPINY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: spinier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, spiniest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: spinier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: spiniest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.play

    Example:

    setaceous whiskers

    Synonyms:

    barbed; barbellate; briary; briery; bristled; bristly; burred; burry; prickly; setaceous; setose; spiny; thorny

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    armed ((used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns)

    Derivation:

    spininess (the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Having spinesplay

    Example:

    the dorsal fin is spinous

    Synonyms:

    spinous; spiny

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

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