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SPINOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shaped like a spine or thorn
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
pointed (having a point)
Derivation:
spine (a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin)
spine (a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf)
spine (any sharply pointed projection)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having spines
Example:
the dorsal fin is spinous
Synonyms:
spinous; spiny
Classified under:
Antonym:
spineless (lacking spiny processes)
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