What does Spiny mean?
Definitions for Spiny
ˈspaɪ nispiny
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Princeton's WordNet
spinous, spinyadjective
having spines
"the dorsal fin is spinous"
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thornyadjective
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"
Wiktionary
spinyadjective
covered in spines or thorns
spinyadjective
troublesome; difficult or vexing
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Spinyadjective
Thorny; briary; perplexed; difficult; troublesome.
Etymology: spina, Latin.
The first attempts are always imperfect; much more in so difficult and spiny an affair as so nice a subject. Digby.
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spiny
Spiny refers to something that has sharp, pointed protrusions or spikes, often used for protection or as a defence mechanism, primarily observed in plants or animals.
Webster Dictionary
Spinyadjective
full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree
Spinyadjective
like a spine in shape; slender
Spinyadjective
fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances
Spinynoun
see Spinny
Etymology: [From Spine.]
Anagrams for Spiny »
snipy
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Spiny in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Spiny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Spiny in a Sentence
We got poked and scratched by spiny branches when crawling through to access the animals.
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