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echinate

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e⋅chi⋅nate

  [i-kahy-neyt, -nit, ek-uh-neyt, -nit]
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–adjective
bristly; prickly.
Also, ech⋅i⋅nat⋅ed.

Origin:
1660–70; < L echīnātus. See echinus, -ate 1
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ech·i·nate   (ěk'ə-nāt')   
adj.  Bearing or covered with spines or bristles; prickly.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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