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adj. Bearing or covered with spines, thorns, or similar stiff projections.

adj. Shaped like a spine.

adj. Difficult; troublesome.

adj. covered in spines or thorns

adj. troublesome; difficult or vexing

n. Archaic form of spinny.

adj. Full of spines; thorny.

adj. Like a spine in shape; slender.

adj. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.

n. See spinny.

Having thorns or spines; full of spines; thorny; prickly.

Figuratively, thorny; perplexed; difficult; troublesome.

Thin; slim; slender.

One of the South American species of Echimys and Loncheres or Nelomys. See cut under Echimys.

One of several pouched rats of the genus Heteromys.

adj. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

adj. having spines

"I mean, discipline -- if ever you'd known discipline -- in the police if you like -- anything -- anywhere where there's what we used to call spiny de cor."

armed   

spiny crab    spiny calamary    spiny rat    spiny fish    spiny lobster   

spine   

spinier    spiniest    spinny   

thorny    slender    prickly   

piny    shiny    tiny    whiny    winey   

thorny    spiky    stubby    scaly    bushy    low-growing    gnarled    bristly    fleshy    leafless