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单词 spinous
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spinousadj.

Brit. /ˈspʌɪnəs/, U.S. /ˈspaɪnəs/
Etymology: < spine n.1 + -ous suffix, or < Latin spīnōsus spinose adj.
1. figurative. Resembling or suggestive of a thorn or thorns in respect of sharpness and aridity; unpleasant and difficult or unprofitable to handle or deal with. (Cf. spinose adj. 1.)
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective]
arvethc885
uneathOE
arvethlichc1000
evilc1175
hardc1175
deara1225
derfa1225
illc1330
wickeda1375
uneasy1398
difficul?a1450
difficile?1473
difficulta1527
unready1535
craggy1582
spiny1604
tough1619
uphill1622
shrewda1626
spinousa1638
scabrous1646
spinose1660
rugged1663
cranka1745
tight1764
thraward1818
nasty1828
upstream1847
awkward1860
pricklyc1862
bristling1871
sticky1871
rocky1873
dodgy1898
challengeful1927
solid1943
ball-busting1944
challenging1975
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > sharply
sharp?c1225
quipping1542
sharp-fanged1598
wittya1616
spinousa1638
scalding1641
spinose1660
smart1665
acid1756
caustic1771
rapped-out1831
a1638 J. Mede Disc. Divers Texts (1642) 92 This I take to be the true and genuine meaning of this passage,..nor needeth it any spinous Criticisms for its explication.
1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. iii. xi. 535 They would not judge Religion a thing full of spinous questions and irresolvable difficulties.
1694 J. Strype Memorials T. Cranmer ii. xiii. 196 Who had himself..vindicated the truth from the spinous and confused cavils of Sophisters.
1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Sept. 281/1 Many a sarcastic growl did the latter cast out, for Coventry had a rough spinous humour.
2. Botany. Furnished with spines or thorns; thorn-bearing, thorny.
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the world > plants > part of plant > thorn or prickle > [adjective]
thornenc897
thornyc1000
armeda1398
pikeda1398
thornish1426
pricky1548
prickly1577
prickled1578
spiky1578
sharp-set1601
spiny1604
senticous1657
aculeous1658
spinous1668
spineal1688
spinose1693
aculeate1753
spinescent1793
aculeolate1818
aciculated1819
spinulose1819
spinulescent1836
spinulous1846
thorned1895
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 109 Larger leaves; not spinous.
1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 199 The Spinous tribe of herbs are many.
1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Explan. Terms 380 Spinosus, spinous, armed with Thorns.
1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. 288 Insects, which it first impales alive on the thorns of the sloe and other spinous plants.
1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. vi. 157 With spinous involucres inclosing an eatable sweet nut.
1887 J. Ball Notes Naturalist in S. Amer. 32 One of the spinous species of Solanum.
3.
a. Armed or covered with spines or slender sharp-pointed excrescences; spinigerous. Chiefly Zoology.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hard protective covering > having spines
pikeda1398
prickled1578
spinose1661
thorny1711
prickly1774
spinous1774
spined1777
spinaceous1875
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 181 Thus there are three grand divisions in the fish kind: the cetaceous, the cartilaginous, and the spinous.
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 147 The corselet..is sometimes spinous,..but it is generally smooth.
1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 192 Fishes..whose operculum or preoperculum..[has] dentated or spinous edges.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 271 Their surface [is] smooth, rough, or spinous.
b. In specific names, as spinous loach, spinous shark, spinous spider-crab, spinous tortoise.
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1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iii. 1 The Spinous Tortoise..seems common to the Mediterranean.
1839 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes Suppl. ii. 54 The Spinous Shark. Echinorhinus spinosus.
1862 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands I. 54 The Spinous Shark was not known to naturalists before the latter part of the last..century.
1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 133 The Spinous Loach (Cobitis tænia) is a rarer fish in this country.
1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 198 The Spinous Spider Crab (Maia squinado).
4.
a. Having the form of a spine or thorn; slender and sharp-pointed.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > pointed, tapering, or elongated
ensiform?1541
acuminate1634
aculeated1657
lanceolated1752
sagittated1752
subacute1752
subulated1752
linear1753
subulate1757
spinous1758
lanceolate1760
sagittate1760
sublinear1761
obverse1776
lanced1787
long-acuminate1804
subuliform1804
lanceolar1810
acuminous1813
virgate1821
spiny1828
apiculate1830
ensate1830
aciculate1831
spiniform1833
fibriform1846
obcuneate1870
fusiform1887
1758 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones & Nerves (ed. 6) 121 The fifteenth is the spinous [suture]; which is in the middle of the lower part of the nostrils.
1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 414 Four naked seeds, with always more or less of spinous bristles..on their foliage.
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 409 Tail forked, with a spinous ray on each side.
1854 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 3 164 The scales on the back were..raised to a sharp edge, but not spinous nor curved backwards.
b. spinous process n. a process or apophysis of a spine-like form, esp. one of those on the vertebræ.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > parts of bones > [noun] > natural outgrowth or projecting part
process1565
production1578
apophysis1611
processus1664
probole1684
spine1706
ramus1731
spinous process1732
plectrum1792
buttress1824
epicondyle1828
spiculum1873
1732 A. Monro Anat. (ed. 2) 201 The spinous Processes of the Vertebræ of the Back become gradually longer.
1797 J. Abernethy Surg. & Physiol. Ess. iii. 28 I could..touch the transverse spinous process of the sphenoid bone.
1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 115 The Anterior and Inferior spinous process of the ilium.
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxx. 416 There was no tenderness over the spinous processes of the vertebræ.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. v. 179 Separated by a small notch from a strongly marked prominence called the posterior inferior spinous process.
5. Composed of spines.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hard protective covering > having spines > composed of spines
spinous1790
1790 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Gen. Hist. Quadrupeds 423 The Hedge-hog..is provided by Nature with a spinous armour.
6. Anatomy. Of or belonging to the spine.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > spine > [adjective]
chined1577
vertebral1681
spinal1725
spinous1807
rachidian1823
rachidial1834
rachial1848
sterno-vertebral1861
juxta-spinal1876
thoracispinal1887
1807 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. I. ii. i. 216 A rupture of the spinous, or some other, artery of the dura mater.

Compounds

spinous-finned adj.
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1851 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Fishes 200 The Soft-finned Fishes are, in general, inferior to the Spinous-finned in [etc.].
spinous-pointed adj.
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1828 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (ed. 2) II. 18 Leaves awl-shaped, spinous-pointed, rough.
spinous-serrate adj.
spinous-tailed adj.
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1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 555 Spinous-tailed Teal..inhabits Cayenne and Guiana.
spinous-tipped adj.
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1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 191 Bracts..acuminate or spinous-tipped.
spinous-toothed adj.
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1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 185 Leaves alternate, usually spinous-toothed.

Derivatives

ˈspinousness n.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > slender or pointed part > sharp > spine > quality of being or having
spinousness1846
spination1866
1846 R. Patterson Introd. Zool. 48 It varies also in the length of the ray-spines, the spinousness of the disc and the relative proportions of rays and discs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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