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adjective
Date: 1661
spiny 2 <a fly with black spinose legs> • spinosity noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
spinose
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Spinose — Spi*nose , a.[L. spinosus, from spina a thorn.] Full of spines; armed with thorns; thorny. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spinose — [spī′nōs΄] adj. [L spinosus < spina,SPINE] full of or covered with spines spinosely adv … English World dictionary
spinose — См. spinous … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
spinose — spinosely, adv. spinosity /spuy nos i tee/, n. /spuy nohs, spuy nohs /, adj. full of spines; spiniferous; spinous. [1650 60; < L spinosus. See SPINE, OSE1] * * * … Universalium
spinose — adjective Having spines … Wiktionary
spinose — SYN: spinous. * * * spi·nose (spiґnōs) spinous … Medical dictionary
spinose — Bearing spines [Butler, T.H.]. (Order Isopoda): Bearing spines [Kensley and Schotte, 1989] … Crustacea glossary
spinose — spi·nose || spaɪnəʊs adj. thorny, spiked, having spines … English contemporary dictionary
spinose — [ spʌɪnəʊs, spʌɪ nəʊs] (also spinous spʌɪnəs) adjective chiefly Botany & Zoology having spines; spiny … English new terms dictionary
spinose — a. Thorny, spiny, spinous, briery … New dictionary of synonyms
