meaning of spiny
1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
2. Like a spine in shape; slender.
3. Fig. : Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
4. See Spinny.
5. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. ; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
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Related Words
spiny | spiny anteater | spiny dogfish | spiny lizard | spiny lobster | spiny puffer | spiny softshell | spiny talinum | spiny-finned fish | spiny-headed worm |
