Spiny

Definition: Meaning of, spiny in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈspʌɪni /

Word Forms:

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
spiny	spinier	spiniest

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spiny used in phrases

Atlantic spiny dogfish (noun)
1. destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes
Pacific spiny dogfish (noun)
1. dogfish of Pacific coast of North America
spiny anteater (noun)
1. a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
2. a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
spiny dogfish (noun)
1. small bottom-dwelling dogfishes
spiny lizard (noun)
1. desert lizard that feeds on ants
2. any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America
spiny lobster (noun)
1. warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
2. large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
spiny puffer (noun)
1. puffers having rigid or erectile spines
spiny softshell (noun)
1. river turtle of western United States with a warty shell; prefers quiet water
spiny talinum (noun)
1. low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States
spiny-backed (adjective)
1. having the back covered with spines
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Pronunciation: ˈlʌɪd(ə)n

Parts of Speech: noun

a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620

spiny anteater