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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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Cockshead
::
Cockshead
(n.) A
leguminous
herb
(Onobrychis
Caput-galli),
having
small
spiny-crested
pods..
Spiny
::
Spiny (a.) Like a spine in
shape;
slender.
Acanthocephalous
::
Acanthocephalous
(a.)
Having
a spiny head, as one of the
Acanthocephala..
Bonedog
::
Bonedog
(n.) The spiny
dogfish.
Spiodea
::
Spiny (n.) See
Spinny.
Thorny
::
Thorny
(superl.)
Full of
thorns
or
spines;
rough with
thorns;
spiny;
as, a
thorny
wood; a
thorny
tree; a
thorny
crown..
Spiny
::
Spiny (a.) Full of
spines;
thorny;
as, a spiny
tree..
Tachyglossa
::
Tachyglossa
(n. pl.) A
division
of
monotremes
which
comprises
the spiny
ant-eaters
of
Australia
and New
Guinea.
See
Illust.
under
Echidna.
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..
Hogfish
::
Hogfish
(n.) A
large,
red,
spiny-headed,
European
marine
fish
(Scorpaena
scrofa)..
Moloch
::
Moloch
(n.) A spiny
Australian
lizard
(Moloch
horridus).
The horns on the head and
numerous
spines
on the body give it a most
formidable
appearance.
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..
Ichthyodorulite
::
Ichthyodorulite
(n.) One of the spiny
plates
foundon
the back and tail of
certain
skates.
Acanthopterygious
::
Acanthopterygious
(a.)
Having
fins in which the rays are hard and
spinelike;
spiny-finned.
Anacanths
::
Anacanths
(n. pl.) A group of
teleostean
fishes
destitute
of spiny
fin-rays,
as the cod..
Spiny
::
Spiny (a.) Fig.:
Abounding
with
difficulties
or
annoyances.
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..
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..
Lobster
::
Lobster
(n.) Any large
macrurous
crustacean
used as food, esp. those of the genus
Homarus;
as the
American
lobster
(H.
Americanus),
and the
European
lobster
(H.
vulgaris).
The
Norwegian
lobster
(Nephrops
Norvegicus)
is
similar
in form. All these have a pair of large
unequal
claws.
The spiny
lobsters
of more
southern
waters,
belonging
to
Palinurus,
Panulirus,
and
allied
genera,
have no large
claws.
The
fresh-water
crayfishes
are
sometimes
called
lobsters..
Mastigure
::
Mastigure
(n.) Any one of
several
large
spiny-tailed
lizards
of the genus
Uromastix.
They
inhabit
Southern
Asia and North
Africa.
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