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spiny
/ ˈspaɪnɪ /
adjective
- (of animals) having or covered with quills or spines
- (of plants) covered with spines; thorny
- troublesome to handle; puzzling
- shaped like a spine
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Derived Forms
- ˈspininess, noun
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Other Words From
- spini·ness noun
- non·spiny adjective
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Example Sentences
When Spiny Norman, the giant hedgehog, goes looking for the Dimsdale brothers in Monty Python.
From The Daily Beast
The rules were fairly lax, and we watched Spiny Norman shouting “Dimsdale!”
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Here and there a cactus plant thrust spiny arms into the air.
From Project Gutenberg
Acanthopterygian, ak-an-thop-tėr-ij′i-an, adj. having spiny fins.
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A veritable hail of thunderbolts now crashed down upon the creature's spiny back.
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The erect flower-stem terminates in a large round head of numerous imbricated oval spiny scales which surround the flowers.
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Astragalus, a genus of papilionaceous plants, herbaceous or shrubby, and often spiny.
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