spiny

[US]/ˈspaɪni/
[UK]/ˈspaɪni/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. covered with sharp points or thorns; full of spines
n. something that is full of spines

Phrases & Collocations

spiny plant

spiny creature

spiny texture

Example Sentences

only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.

1.Any of various marine gastropods of the genus Murex common in tropical seas and having rough, spiny shells, especially M. trunculus, the source of Tyrian purple.

23. eryngo:any of several pls of the genus Eryngium having spiny leaves and dense clusters of small bluish flowers.

argus; americanus; interruptus; Western rock; Caribbean spiny lobsters; giant Tasmanian freshwater; stomatogastric ganglion; stomatogastric nervous system; ventral nerve cord

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