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Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds..

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..

Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..

Prickliness :: Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles..

Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..

Tear-thumb :: Tear-thumb (n.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles..

Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..

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

Aculeated :: Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.

Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle..

Prickly :: Prickly (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub..

Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..

Weapon :: Weapon (n.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished..

Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.

Aculeiform :: Aculeiform (a.) Like a prickle.

Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..

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..

Pricklefish :: Pricklefish (n.) The stickleback.

Inermis :: Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf..

Aculeus :: Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses..

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