Covered, set, or tipped with bristles or stiff prickly hairs; rough and prickly, bristly.

= bristly, adj., bristling, n. literal and figurative.

bristled, bristly.

Of hair, etc.: That rises or stands stiffly on end.

Of the hair of an animal: rough, bristly.

Of hair, feathers, etc.: = staring, adj. 4.

Setigerous.