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Synonyms for spiny

Grammar : Adj
Spell : spahy-nee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspaɪ ni


Définition of spiny

Origin :
  • 1580s, from spine + -y (2).
  • adj pointed
Example sentences :
  • If the coating has spiny hairs, as in the Chestnut and Beechnut, the whole is a bur.
  • Extract from : « Trees of the Northern United States » by Austin C. Apgar
  • They were green and blue and red, and they had spiny rays like starfish on which they danced.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • Its spiny stems and leaves, which cut like razors, make it difficult to approach.
  • Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • The compact soil was covered with wild and spiny vegetation.
  • Extract from : « The Dead Command » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • A dog snatched at a spiny lower leg and crunched and darted away.
  • Extract from : « Nightmare Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • Shell thin walled, with spiny surface; in each corner of the hexagons is one bristle-like radial spine twice as long as one pore.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Cortical shell with spiny surface, composed of six (or more) kidney-shaped chambers of different size and form.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Disk with spiny surface, four times as broad as the outer, and ten times as broad as the inner medullary shell.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Disk with spiny surface, four and a half times as broad as the outer, and fourteen times as broad as the inner medullary shell.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Disk with spiny surface, three times as broad as the outer, eight times as broad as the inner medullary shell.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel

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