spiny
See also: špíny
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spiny (comparative spinier, superlative spiniest)
- Covered in spines or thorns.
- Troublesome; difficult or vexing
- 1727, William Warburton, Critical and Philosophical Enquiry into the Causes of Miracles:
- The spiney desarts of scholastic philosophy
- Like a spine in shape; slender.
- [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volumes (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
- Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping.
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- aspiny
- medium spiny neuron
- Solomon Island spiny monitor
- spinily
- spininess
- spiny anteater
- spiny bamboo
- spiny broom
- spiny-cheeked honeyeater
- spiny-cheek sleeper
- spiny dogfish
- spiny eel
- spiny-headed worm
- spiny hopsage
- spiny lobster
- spiny mouse
- spiny murex
- spiny oyster
- spiny rat
- spiny softshell turtle
- spiny spider crab
- spiny-tailed lizard
- spiny tubeworm
- subspiny
- Texas spiny lizard
Translations edit
covered in prickles
Noun edit
spiny (plural spinies)
References edit
- “spiny”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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spiny f
- inflection of spina:
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spiny m