Adjective: spiny (spinier,spiniest) spI-nee
- Having spines
"the dorsal fin is spiny";
- spinous
- Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
"a horse with a short spiny mane";
- barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, thorny
Derived forms: spiniest, spinier
See also: armed
Encyclopedia: Spiny, Poland