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Definition of spiny
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Spiny (a.) Full of
spines;
thorny;
as, a spiny
tree..
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Acanthopterous
::
Acanthopterous
(a.)
Spiny-winged.
Thorny
::
Thorny
(superl.)
Full of
thorns
or
spines;
rough with
thorns;
spiny;
as, a
thorny
wood; a
thorny
tree; a
thorny
crown..
Holly
::
Holly (n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The
European
species
(Ilex
Aguifolium)
is best
known,
having
glossy
green
leaves,
with a
spiny,
waved edge, and
bearing
berries
that turn red or
yellow
about
Michaelmas..
Pomacentroid
::
Pomacentroid
(a.)
Pertaining
to the
Pomacentridae,
a
family
of
bright-colored
tropical
fishes
having
spiny
opercula;
-- often
called
coral
fishes..
Spinii-spirulate
::
Spininess
(n.)
Quality
of being
spiny.
Penguin
::
Penguin
(n.) The
egg-shaped
fleshy
fruit of a West
Indian
plant
(Bromelia
Pinguin)
of the
Pineapple
family;
also, the plant
itself,
which has
rigid,
pointed,
and
spiny-toothed
leaves,
and is used for
hedges..
Anacanths
::
Anacanths
(n. pl.) A group of
teleostean
fishes
destitute
of spiny
fin-rays,
as the cod..
Tachyglossa
::
Tachyglossa
(n. pl.) A
division
of
monotremes
which
comprises
the spiny
ant-eaters
of
Australia
and New
Guinea.
See
Illust.
under
Echidna.
Spiodea
::
Spiny (n.) See
Spinny.
Spinous
::
Spinosity
(n.) The
quality
or state of being spiny or
thorny;
spininess.
Lumpfish
::
Lumpfish
(n.) A
large,
thick,
clumsy,
marine
fish
(Cyclopterus
lumpus)
of
Europe
and
America.
The color is
usually
translucent
sea
green,
sometimes
purplish.
It has a
dorsal
row of spiny
tubercles,
and three rows on each side, but has no
scales.
The
ventral
fins unite and form a
ventral
sucker
for
adhesion
to
stones
and
seaweeds.
Called
also
lumpsucker,
cock-paddle,
sea owl..
Wrasse
::
Wrasse
(n.) Any one of
numerous
edible,
marine,
spiny-finned
fishes
of the genus
Labrus,
of which
several
species
are found in the
Mediterranean
and on the
Atlantic
coast of
Europe.
Many of the
species
are
bright-colored..
Stargasing
::
Stargaser
(n.) Any one of
several
species
of
spiny-rayed
marine
fishes
belonging
to
Uranoscopus,
Astroscopus,
and
allied
genera,
of the
family
Uranoscopidae.
The
common
species
of the
Eastern
United
States
are
Astroscopus
anoplus,
and A.
guttatus.
So
called
from the
position
of the eyes, which look
directly
upward..
Bonedog
::
Bonedog
(n.) The spiny
dogfish.
Sea Crayfish
::
Sea
crayfish
() Any
crustacean
of the genus
Palinurus
and
allied
genera,
as the
European
spiny
lobster
(P.
vulgaris),
which is much used as an
article
of food. See
Lobster..
Bass
::
Bass (n.) An
edible,
spiny-finned
fish, esp. of the
genera
Roccus,
Labrax,
and
related
genera.
There are many
species..
Perch
::
Perch (n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
spiny-finned
fishes
belonging
to the
Percidae,
Serranidae,
and
related
families,
and
resembling,
more or less, the true
perches..
Mastigure
::
Mastigure
(n.) Any one of
several
large
spiny-tailed
lizards
of the genus
Uromastix.
They
inhabit
Southern
Asia and North
Africa.
Malacopterygii
::
Malacopterygii
(n. pl.) An order of
fishes
in which the fin rays,
except
the
anterior
ray of the
pectoral
and
dorsal
fins, are
closely
jointed,
and not
spiny.
It
includes
the carp, pike,
salmon,
shad, etc.
Called
also
Malacopteri..
Tragacanth
::
Tragacanth
(n.) A kind of gum
procured
from a spiny
leguminous
shrub
(Astragalus
gummifer)
of
Western
Asia, and other
species
of
Astragalus.
It comes in hard
whitish
or
yellowish
flakes
or
filaments,
and is
nearly
insoluble
in
water,
but
slowly
swells
into a
mucilaginous
mass, which is used as a
substitute
for gum
arabic
in
medicine
and the arts.
Called
also gum
tragacanth..
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