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. [1913 Webster] 2. Like a spine in shape; slender. “Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping.” --Chapman. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances. [1913 Webster] The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster] Spiny lobster. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Rock lobster, under Rock. See also Lobster. [1913 Webster] Spiny \Spin"y\, n. See Spinny. [1913 Webster]