Definition of defensive

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Defensive (a.) Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor..

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Sagittocyst :: Sagittocyst (n.) A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.
Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..
Cassowary :: Cassowary (n.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc..
Girandole :: Girandole (n.) A series of chambers in defensive mines.
Spirant :: Spiralozooid (n.) One of the special defensive zooids of certain hydroids. They have the form of long, slender tentacles, and bear lasso cells..
Barde :: Barde (n.) A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.].
Cataphract :: Cataphract (n.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations..
Mail :: Mail (n.) A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.
Offensive :: Offensive (n.) The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive.
Barde :: Barde (pl.) Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
Fenceful :: Fenceful (a.) Affording defense; defensive.
Offensive :: Offensive (a.) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons..
Panoply :: Panoply (n.) Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.
Gambison :: Gambison (n.) A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted..
Stockade :: Stockade (v. t.) A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification..
Defensive :: Defensive (n.) That which defends; a safeguard.
Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.
Mail :: Mail (n.) Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering..
Armor-plated :: Armor-plated (a.) Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad..
Defendant :: Defendant (a.) Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive..
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