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Spinous :: Spinosity (n.) The quality or state of being spiny or thorny; spininess.

Spiodea :: Spiny (n.) See Spinny.

Acanthopterous :: Acanthopterous (a.) Spiny-winged.

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..

Hogfish :: Hogfish (n.) A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpaena scrofa)..

Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (n.) A spiny-finned fish.

Spiny :: Spiny (a.) Like a spine in shape; slender.

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..

Bonedog :: Bonedog (n.) The spiny dogfish.

Bass :: Bass (n.) An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species..

Acanthopteri :: Acanthopteri (n. pl.) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.

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..

Mastigure :: Mastigure (n.) Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastix. They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa.

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..

Gurnet :: Gurnet (n.) One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks. Some of the species are highly esteemed for food. The name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins..

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..

Spiny :: Spiny (a.) Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.

Phyllosoma :: Phyllosoma (n.) The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp..

Spine-finned :: Spined (a.) Furnished with spines; spiny.

Anacanths :: Anacanths (n. pl.) A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod..

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