spinous

Adjective

• Having spines; resembling a spine or thorn.
• having spines
  • "the dorsal fin is spinous"

Adjective Satellite

• shaped like a spine or thorn

Adj

• Having many spines.
• Spine-like; spiny.
• Of a person: difficult to deal with, prickly.
• Of a subject: providing many difficulties, thorny.
• Having a sharp projection.

Examples

• The rare word SPINOUS proved difficult to spell but yielded many points.
• the spinous processes of the lumbar vertebrae

Synonyms

acanthoid, acanthous, spiny

Antonyms

spineless

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