Definition of prickle

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Prickle (v. t.) To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points..

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Prickliness :: Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles..
Echinulate :: Echinulate (a.) Set with small spines or prickles.
Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..
Aculeated :: Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.
Aculeus :: Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses..
Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
Aculeiform :: Aculeiform (a.) Like a prickle.
Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.
Inermis :: Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf..
Pricklefish :: Pricklefish (n.) The stickleback.
Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.
Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine..
Stickler :: Stickleback (v. t.) Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback..
Weapon :: Weapon (n.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished..
Hedgehog :: Hedgehog (n.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects..
Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..
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