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1. (adj.) spiny
abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
2. spiny
covered with or having sharp-pointed processes, as an animal.
3. spiny
resembling a spine; spinelike.
4. spiny
difficult to handle; thorny:
a spiny problem.
Etymology: (1820–30)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) spinous, spiny
having spines
"the dorsal fin is spinous"
2. (adj) barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) spiny
full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree
2. (adj) spiny
like a spine in shape; slender
3. (adj) spiny
fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances
4. (noun) spiny
see Spinny
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Sense: full of, or covered with, spines
a spiny cactus.
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 Afrikaans: stekelrig |
 Arabic: شائِك، مُغَطّى بالشَّوْك |
 Bulgarian: бодлив |
 Brazilian: espinhento |
 Czech: ostnatý |
 German: stachelig |
 Danish: tornet; pigget |
 Greek: αγκαθωτός |
 Spanish: espinoso |
 Estonian: okkaline |
 Finnish: piikikäs |
 French: épineux |
 Hebrew: קוֹצָנִי |
 Hindi: कांटेदार |
 Croatian: bodljikav, trnovit |
 Hungarian: tüskés |
 Indonesian: penuh duri |
 Icelandic: broddóttur, þyrnóttur |
 Italian: spinoso |
 Japanese: とげのある |
 Korean: 가시가 있는 (많은) |
 Lithuanian: dygliuotas |
 Latvian: adatains |
 Malay: berduri |
 Dutch: stekelig |
 Norwegian: pigget |
 Polish: kolczasty |
 Persian: فنرى |
 Pashto: فنرى |
 Portuguese: espinhento |
 Romanian: spinos |
 Russian: колючий |
 Slovak: ostnatý, pichľavý |
 Slovenian: bodljikav |
 Serbian: bodljikav |
 Swedish: taggig, piggig |
 Thai: มีหนาม |
 Turkish: dikenli, iğneli |
 Taiwanese: 多刺的 |
 Ukrainian: колючий |
 Urdu: خاردار ، چبھنے والا |
 Vietnamese: có nhiều gai |
 Chinese: 多刺的 |
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