spiny
pronunciation
How to pronounce spiny in British English:
UK [ˈspaɪni]
How to pronounce spiny in American English:
US [ˈspaɪni]
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- Adjective:
- having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Word Origin
- spiny (adj.)
- 1580s, from spine + -y (2). Related: Spininess.
Example
- 1. In life , the creatures are covered in a protective spiny layer of hair .
- 2. It is a large green fruit with spiny exteriors and soft and edible segments .
- 3. Genus of often spiny american shrubs and trees .
- 4. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense .
- 5. Quickly and dextrously they bend and lash the boughs , framing an igloo-shaped structure in a few minutes , one of three that will be erected by the women in a sandy clearing among the low and spiny trees .