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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: spiny (0.00860 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to spiny.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spiny
spiny
adj : 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
whiskers” [syn:
barbed,
barbellate,
briary,
briery,
bristled,
bristly,
burred,
burry,
prickly,
setose,
setaceous,
thorny]
[also:
spiniest,
spinier]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spiny
Spiny
\Spin"y\, a. [From
Spine.]
1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
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2. Like a spine in shape; slender.
“Spiny grasshoppers sit
chirping.” --Chapman.
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3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
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The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. --Bp.
Warburton.
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Spiny lobster. (Zo["o]l.) Same as
Rock lobster, under
Rock. See also
Lobster.
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Spiny
\Spin"y\, n.
See
Spinny.
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