Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: spiny
IPA transcription: [sp'aɪni]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: spinous, spiny
    Meaning: having spines; "the dorsal fin is spinous"
Usage examples
  • Neighbors and close relatives are the Spiny Pocket Mice."
  • The smallest of the Spiny Pocket Mice is about the size of Nibbler the House Mouse and the largest is twice as big.