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Spiny
(gcide) | Spiny \Spin"y\, a. [From Spine.]
1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
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2. Like a spine in shape; slender. "Spiny grasshoppers sit
chirping." --Chapman.
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3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
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The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. --Bp.
Warburton.
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Spiny lobster. (Zool.) Same as Rock lobster, under
Rock. See also Lobster.
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Spiny
(gcide) | Spiny \Spin"y\, n.
See Spinny.
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spiny
(wn) | spiny
adj 1: having spines; "the dorsal fin is spinous" [syn:
spinous, spiny] [ant: spineless]
2: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane";
"bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn:
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled,
bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose,
setaceous, spiny, thorny] |
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spiny anteater
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spiny dogfish
(encz) | spiny dogfish, n: |
spiny lizard
(encz) | spiny lizard, n: |
spiny lobster
(encz) | spiny lobster, |
spiny puffer
(encz) | spiny puffer, n: |
spiny softshell
(encz) | spiny softshell, n: |
spiny talinum
(encz) | spiny talinum, n: |
spiny-finned fish
(encz) | spiny-finned fish, n: |
spiny-headed worm
(encz) | spiny-headed worm, n: |
yellow spiny daisy
(encz) | yellow spiny daisy, n: |
Spiny
(gcide) | Spiny \Spin"y\, a. [From Spine.]
1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
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2. Like a spine in shape; slender. "Spiny grasshoppers sit
chirping." --Chapman.
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3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
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The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. --Bp.
Warburton.
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Spiny lobster. (Zool.) Same as Rock lobster, under
Rock. See also Lobster.
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See Spinny.
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Spiny lobster
(gcide) | Spiny \Spin"y\, a. [From Spine.]
1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
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2. Like a spine in shape; slender. "Spiny grasshoppers sit
chirping." --Chapman.
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3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
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The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. --Bp.
Warburton.
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Spiny lobster. (Zool.) Same as Rock lobster, under
Rock. See also Lobster.
[1913 Webster]Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
rocc.]
1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
stone or crag. See Stone.
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Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
support; a refuge.
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The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
2.
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4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
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Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
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Rock alum. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
rock.] Same as Roche alum.
Rock barnacle (Zool.), a barnacle (Balanus balanoides)
very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
Rock bass. (Zool.)
(a) The stripped bass. See under Bass.
(b) The goggle-eye.
(c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
rock bass.
Rock builder (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains
contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the
corals and Foraminifera.
Rock butter (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
slate.
Rock candy, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
Rock cavy. (Zool.) See Moco.
Rock cod (Zool.)
(a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
found about rocks andledges.
(b) A California rockfish.
Rock cook. (Zool.)
(a) A European wrasse (Centrolabrus exoletus).
(b) A rockling.
Rock cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
Rock crab (Zool.), any one of several species of large
crabs of the genus C, as the two species of the New
England coast (Cancer irroratus and Cancer borealis).
See Illust. under Cancer.
Rock cress (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
kind found on rocks, as Arabis petraea, Arabis lyrata,
etc.
Rock crystal (Min.), limpid quartz. See Quartz, and under
Crystal.
Rock dove (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
doo}.
Rock drill, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
drilling holes for blasting, etc.
Rock duck (Zool.), the harlequin duck.
Rock eel. (Zool.) See Gunnel.
Rock goat (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex.
Rock hopper (Zool.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes.
See under Penguin.
Rock kangaroo. (Zool.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.
Rock lobster (Zool.), any one of several species of large
spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and
Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
lobster}, and sea crayfish.
Rock meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
occuring as an efflorescence.
Rock milk. (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
Rock moss, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See Cudbear.
Rock oil. See Petroleum.
Rock parrakeet (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet
(Euphema petrophila), which nests in holes among the
rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
green.
Rock pigeon (Zool.), the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of
Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.
Rock pipit. (Zool.) See the Note under Pipit.
Rock plover. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
(b) The rock snipe.
Rock ptarmigan (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan
(Lagopus rupestris), which in winter is white, with the
tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
patches on the back.
Rock rabbit (Zool.), the hyrax. See Cony, and Daman.
Rock ruby (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
Rock salt (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
from sea water in large basins or cavities.
Rock seal (Zool.), the harbor seal. See Seal.
Rock shell (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
allied genera.
Rock snake (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as,
the royal rock snake (Python regia) of Africa, and the
rock snake of India (Python molurus). The Australian
rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus Morelia.
Rock snipe (Zool.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}); -- called also rock bird, rock plover,
winter snipe.
Rock soap (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
feel, and adhering to the tongue.
Rock sparrow. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
the genus Petronia, as Petronia stulla, of Europe.
(b) A North American sparrow (Pucaea ruficeps).
Rock tar, petroleum.
Rock thrush (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus
Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock
thrush (Monticola saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush
of India (Monticola cyaneus), in which the male is blue
throughout.
Rock tripe (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
of extremity.
Rock trout (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Hexagrammus, family Chiradae,
native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea
trout}, boregat, bodieron, and starling.
Rock warbler (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird
(Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and
water courses; -- called also cataract bird.
Rock wren (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of
the genus Salpinctes, native of the arid plains of Lower
California and Mexico.
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spiny lobster
(gcide) | Spiny \Spin"y\, a. [From Spine.]
1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
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2. Like a spine in shape; slender. "Spiny grasshoppers sit
chirping." --Chapman.
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3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
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The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. --Bp.
Warburton.
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Spiny lobster. (Zool.) Same as Rock lobster, under
Rock. See also Lobster.
[1913 Webster]Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
rocc.]
1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
stone or crag. See Stone.
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Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
support; a refuge.
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The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
2.
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4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
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Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
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Rock alum. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
rock.] Same as Roche alum.
Rock barnacle (Zool.), a barnacle (Balanus balanoides)
very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
Rock bass. (Zool.)
(a) The stripped bass. See under Bass.
(b) The goggle-eye.
(c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
rock bass.
Rock builder (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains
contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the
corals and Foraminifera.
Rock butter (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
slate.
Rock candy, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
Rock cavy. (Zool.) See Moco.
Rock cod (Zool.)
(a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
found about rocks andledges.
(b) A California rockfish.
Rock cook. (Zool.)
(a) A European wrasse (Centrolabrus exoletus).
(b) A rockling.
Rock cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
Rock crab (Zool.), any one of several species of large
crabs of the genus C, as the two species of the New
England coast (Cancer irroratus and Cancer borealis).
See Illust. under Cancer.
Rock cress (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
kind found on rocks, as Arabis petraea, Arabis lyrata,
etc.
Rock crystal (Min.), limpid quartz. See Quartz, and under
Crystal.
Rock dove (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
doo}.
Rock drill, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
drilling holes for blasting, etc.
Rock duck (Zool.), the harlequin duck.
Rock eel. (Zool.) See Gunnel.
Rock goat (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex.
Rock hopper (Zool.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes.
See under Penguin.
Rock kangaroo. (Zool.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.
Rock lobster (Zool.), any one of several species of large
spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and
Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
lobster}, and sea crayfish.
Rock meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
occuring as an efflorescence.
Rock milk. (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
Rock moss, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See Cudbear.
Rock oil. See Petroleum.
Rock parrakeet (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet
(Euphema petrophila), which nests in holes among the
rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
green.
Rock pigeon (Zool.), the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of
Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.
Rock pipit. (Zool.) See the Note under Pipit.
Rock plover. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
(b) The rock snipe.
Rock ptarmigan (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan
(Lagopus rupestris), which in winter is white, with the
tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
patches on the back.
Rock rabbit (Zool.), the hyrax. See Cony, and Daman.
Rock ruby (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
Rock salt (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
from sea water in large basins or cavities.
Rock seal (Zool.), the harbor seal. See Seal.
Rock shell (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
allied genera.
Rock snake (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as,
the royal rock snake (Python regia) of Africa, and the
rock snake of India (Python molurus). The Australian
rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus Morelia.
Rock snipe (Zool.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}); -- called also rock bird, rock plover,
winter snipe.
Rock soap (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
feel, and adhering to the tongue.
Rock sparrow. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
the genus Petronia, as Petronia stulla, of Europe.
(b) A North American sparrow (Pucaea ruficeps).
Rock tar, petroleum.
Rock thrush (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus
Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock
thrush (Monticola saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush
of India (Monticola cyaneus), in which the male is blue
throughout.
Rock tripe (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
of extremity.
Rock trout (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Hexagrammus, family Chiradae,
native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea
trout}, boregat, bodieron, and starling.
Rock warbler (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird
(Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and
water courses; -- called also cataract bird.
Rock wren (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of
the genus Salpinctes, native of the arid plains of Lower
California and Mexico.
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Spiny rat
(gcide) | Rat \Rat\ (r[a^]t), n. [AS. r[ae]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato,
ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw.
r[*a]tta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown
origin. Cf. Raccoon.]
1. (Zool.) One of several species of small rodents of the
genus Rattus (formerly included in Mus) and allied
genera, of the family Muridae, distinguished from mice
primarily by being larger. They infest houses, stores, and
ships, especially the Norway rat, also called brown rat,
(Rattus norvegicus formerly Mus decumanus), the black
rat (Rattus rattus formerly Mus rattus), and the roof
rat (formerly Mus Alexandrinus, now included in {Rattus
rattus}). These were introduced into America from the Old
World. The white rat used most commonly in laboratories is
primarily a strain derived from Rattus rattus.
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2. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material,
used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their
natural hair. [Local, U.S.]
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3. One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the
trades, one who works for lower wages than those
prescribed by a trades union. [Cant]
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Note: "It so chanced that, not long after the accession of
the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the
German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this
country (in some timber as is said); and being much
stronger than the black, or, till then, the common,
rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter.
The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first,
as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the
government of George the First, but has by degrees
obtained a wider meaning, and come to be applied to any
sudden and mercenary change in politics." --Lord Mahon.
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Bamboo rat (Zool.), any Indian rodent of the genus
Rhizomys.
Beaver rat, Coast rat. (Zool.) See under Beaver and
Coast.
Blind rat (Zool.), the mole rat.
Cotton rat (Zool.), a long-haired rat ({Sigmodon
hispidus}), native of the Southern United States and
Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious
to the crop.
Ground rat. See Ground Pig, under Ground.
Hedgehog rat. See under Hedgehog.
Kangaroo rat (Zool.), the potoroo.
Norway rat (Zool.), the common brown rat. See Rat.
Pouched rat. (Zool.)
(a) See Pocket Gopher, under Pocket.
(b) Any African rodent of the genus Cricetomys.
Rat Indians (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near
Fort Ukon, Alaska. They belong to the Athabascan stock.
Rat mole. (Zool.) See Mole rat, under Mole.
Rat pit, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be
killed by a dog for sport.
Rat snake (Zool.), a large colubrine snake ({Ptyas
mucosus}) very common in India and Ceylon. It enters
dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc.
Spiny rat (Zool.), any South American rodent of the genus
Echinomys.
To smell a rat. See under Smell.
Wood rat (Zool.), any American rat of the genus Neotoma,
especially Neotoma Floridana, common in the Southern
United States. Its feet and belly are white.
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atlantic spiny dogfish
(wn) | Atlantic spiny dogfish
n 1: destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of
America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes [syn:
Atlantic spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias] |
pacific spiny dogfish
(wn) | Pacific spiny dogfish
n 1: dogfish of Pacific coast of North America [syn: {Pacific
spiny dogfish}, Squalus suckleyi] |
spiny anteater
(wn) | spiny anteater
n 1: a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having
a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites;
native to New Guinea [syn: echidna, spiny anteater,
anteater]
2: a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a
long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to
Australia [syn: echidna, spiny anteater, anteater] |
spiny dogfish
(wn) | spiny dogfish
n 1: small bottom-dwelling dogfishes |
spiny lizard
(wn) | spiny lizard
n 1: desert lizard that feeds on ants [syn: mountain devil,
spiny lizard, Moloch horridus]
2: any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed
scales; of North America and Central America |
spiny lobster
(wn) | spiny lobster
n 1: warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and
South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also
in Florida and California [syn: spiny lobster,
langouste, rock lobster, crayfish]
2: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but
lacking the large pincers of true lobsters [syn: {spiny
lobster}, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish,
crayfish, sea crawfish] |
spiny puffer
(wn) | spiny puffer
n 1: puffers having rigid or erectile spines |
spiny softshell
(wn) | spiny softshell
n 1: river turtle of western United States with a warty shell;
prefers quiet water [syn: spiny softshell, {Trionyx
spiniferus}] |
spiny talinum
(wn) | spiny talinum
n 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 [syn: {spiny
talinum}, Talinum spinescens] |
spiny-backed
(wn) | spiny-backed
adj 1: having the back covered with spines |
spiny-edged
(wn) | spiny-edged
adj 1: having a spiny border |
spiny-finned
(wn) | spiny-finned
adj 1: of or relating to fish with spiny fins |
spiny-finned fish
(wn) | spiny-finned fish
n 1: a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp
inflexible rays [syn: spiny-finned fish,
acanthopterygian] [ant: malacopterygian, {soft-finned
fish}] |
spiny-headed worm
(wn) | spiny-headed worm
n 1: any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of
vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many
hooked spines [syn: acanthocephalan, spiny-headed worm] |
spiny-leafed
(wn) | spiny-leafed
adj 1: having spiny leaves [syn: spiny-leaved, spiny-leafed] |
spiny-leaved
(wn) | spiny-leaved
adj 1: having spiny leaves [syn: spiny-leaved, spiny-leafed] |
spiny-stemmed
(wn) | spiny-stemmed
adj 1: having a spiny stem |
yellow spiny daisy
(wn) | yellow spiny daisy
n 1: slender perennial of western North America having weakly
bristly leaves and yellow flower heads [syn: {yellow spiny
daisy}, Haplopappus spinulosus] |
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