spiniferousadj.
/spʌɪˈnɪfərəs/ Bearing, covered with, or having spines; spinose. Chiefly Zoology or Botany.
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spiniferous1656
subspinous1800
aciculated1819
spinulose1819
spinulous1846
spinigerous1852
hexacanthous1854
hexacanth1870
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Spiniferous, that beareth prickles or thorns, thorney.
1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 276 The Rajacidæ..have the body depressed in the form of a disc, and covered with spiniferous plates.
1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) ii. ii. 391 Small spicula, slightly curved, thickly spiniferous.
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