spinyadj.

Brit.

/ˈspʌɪni/, U.S.

/ˈspaɪni/

Forms: Also 1500s spyny, 1500s–1600s spinie, 1600s spynie, 1600s–1800s spiney.

Etymology: < spine n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

a. Having the characteristics of a thorn or thorns; resembling a thorn in form or qualities.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective]

heavyc825

grimc900

strongeOE

hardeOE

drearyOE

eileOE

sweerOE

deara1000

bitterOE

tartc1000

smartOE

unridec1175

sharp?c1225

straitc1275

grievousc1290

fellc1330

shrewda1387

snella1400

unsterna1400

vilea1400

importunea1425

ungainc1425

thrallc1430

peisant1483

sore?a1513

weighty1540

heinous?1541

urgent?1542

asperous?1567

dure1567

spiny1586

searching1590

hoara1600

vengible1601

flinty1613

tugging1642

atrocious1733

uncannya1774

severe1774

stern1830

punishing1833

hefty1867

solid1916

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious

angeeOE

swinkfuleOE

plightlyOE

teenfulOE

contrariousc1320

drefa1325

troublinga1325

despitousa1340

thornya1340

discomfortablec1350

troublablec1374

noyousa1382

noyfulc1384

diseasy1387

angrya1393

painful1395

hackinga1400

annoying?c1400

annoyousc1400

cumbrousc1400

teenc1400

annoyfulc1405

sputousc1420

diseasefula1425

molest?a1425

noying?a1425

noisomea1450

grievingc1450

tedious?1454

troublous1463

noisantc1475

displeasant1481

strouble1488

nuisant1494

noyanta1500

irksome1513

sturting1513

molestious1524

vexatious1534

cumbersome1535

uncommodious1541

spiteful1548

vexing?1548

incommodious1551

molestous1555

diseasing1558

grating1563

pestilent1565

sturtsome1570

molestuousa1572

troublesome1573

murrain1575

discommodable1579

galling1583

spiny1586

unsupportable1586

troubleful1588

plaguey1594

distressingc1595

molestful1596

molesting1598

vexful1598

fretful1603

briery1604

bemadding1608

mortifying1611

tiry1611

distressfula1616

irking1629

angersome1649

disobliging1652

discomforting1654

incomfortable1655

incommode1672

ruffling1680

unconvenient1683

pestifying1716

trying1718

offending1726

bothering1765

pesky1775

weary1785

sturty1788

unaccommodating1790

tiresome1798

werriting1808

bothersome1817

plaguesome1828

pestilential1833

fretsome1834

languorous1834

pesty1834

pestersome1843

nettlesome1845

miserable1850

niggling1854

distempering1855

be-maddeninga1861

nattery1873

nagging1883

pestiferous1890

trouble-giving1893

maddening1896

molestive1905

nuisancy1906

balls-aching?1912

nuisance1922

nattering1949

noodgy1969

dickheaded1991

dickish1991

cockish1996

1586 Verses Prayse & Ioy sig. Aii Mongst spyny cares sprong vp now at the last.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 223 Psiloriti: from whose lofty and spiny top both seas may be discerned.

1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. Pref. sig. A3^v And so much for this little spiny objection which a man cannot see without a Magnifying Glass.

b. Thin and hard or dry; spare, lean.Common in the first half of the 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin

leanc1000

thinc1000

swonga1300

meagrea1398

empty?c1400

(as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405

macilent?a1425

rawc1425

gauntc1440

to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450

leany?a1475

swampc1480

scarrya1500

pinched1514

extenuate1528

lean-fleshed1535

carrion-lean1542

spare1548

lank1553

carrion1565

brawn-fallen1578

raw-bone1590

scraggeda1591

thin-bellied1591

rake-lean1593

bare-boned1594

forlorn1594

Lented1594

lean-looked1597

shotten herring1598

spiny1598

starved1598

thin-belly1598

raw-boned1600

larbar1603

meagry?1603

fleshless1605

scraggy1611

ballow1612

lank-leana1616

skinnya1616

hagged1616

scraggling1616

carrion-like1620

extenuated1620

thin-gutted1620

haggard1630

scrannel1638

leanisha1645

skeletontal1651

overlean1657

emaciated1665

slank1668

lathy1672

emaciate1676

nithered1691

emacerated1704

lean-looking1713

scranky1735

squinny-gut(s)1742

mauger1756

squinny1784

angular1789

etiolated1791

as thin (also lean) as a rail1795

wiry1808

slink1817

scranny1820

famine-hollowed1822

sharp featured1824

reedy1830

scrawny1833

stringy1833

lean-ribbeda1845

skeletony1852

famine-pinched1856

shelly1866

flesh-fallen1876

thinnish1884

all horn and hide1890

unfurnished1893

bone-thin1899

underweight1899

asthenic1925

skin-and-bony1935

skinny-malinky1940

skeletal1952

pencil-neck1960

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Smilzo, bare, spinie, gant, leane, lanke.

1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters iii. sig. D4 A little short-olde-spinye Gentleman.

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis vi. 111 Her thighs and legs to spiny fingers grow.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 232 The French commonly have more spinie and slender Legs then the Italian Gentleman.

a1722 [see spiny-legged adj. at Compounds 2].

†c. Of turf or grass. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [adjective] > full of or abounding in herbaceous plants > of or relating to grass > rough, tufty, thick, etc.

speary1577

three-piled1605

spiny1607

lanka1644

tussocky1805

1607 J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough 139 That which was old must be renewed, and the spinie turfe changed into a gentle soyle.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 198 The valley..producing but a spiny grasse.

2. Abounding in, furnished or thickly set with, thorns. In early quots. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

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 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

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) i. iii. 11 Wee..touched the roote from whence did spring those spinie braunches of briarie passions.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. sig. ãiv^v So difficult and spiny an affaire, as the writing vpon such a nice and copious subiect.

?a1645 A. Stafford Just Apol. in Life Blessed Virgin (1860) p. xliii Bee constant, most pious Lordes, in the vertuous, though rough and spiny course you are to runne.

1727 W. Warburton Crit. & Philos. Enq. Causes Prodigies & Miracles 61 The spiney Desarts of Scholastic Philosophy.

1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher II. 164 The holly, whose shining thorny and spiny head..shadowed the whole eminence.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 54 Shrubs, either unarmed or spiny.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 127 Shrubs or small trees, often spiny.

3. Furnished or set with spines; covered with slender sharp-pointed processes.

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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adjective] > pointed projection > spine

spiny1615

spiniferous1656

subspinous1800

aciculated1819

spinulose1819

spinulous1846

spinigerous1852

hexacanthous1854

hexacanth1870

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 249 The body light, the taile spiny, and the colour dun.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Spine The hind Part thereof is Edg'd, or Spiny.

1778 Encycl. Brit. III. 1610/1 The strigosus, or plated lobster, with a pyramidal spiny snout.

1804 C. Smith Conversations II. 153 What endless swarms of creatures..Of burnish'd scale and spiny fin!

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 444 Shell oval, spiny or tuberculous.

1883 Standard 3 Aug. 5/7 Two..lizards with remarkable spiney skins.

in combination.1857 T. Moore Handbk. Brit. Ferns (ed. 3) 39 Pinnæ spiny-serrate.

4. Having the form of a spine; stiff 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

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 121 Fur ash gray,..composed of rough spiny hairs.

1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals 318 The inner surface is often armed with spiny developments of the epidermis.

Compounds

C1. In specific names of animals or fishes.

spiny ant-eater n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > [noun] > echidna

anteater1792

porcupine anteater1799

porcupine1803

spiny ant-eater1827

Echidna1847

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom III. 263 The Echidnes,..other~wise Spiny Ant-eaters.

1894–5 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. III. 286 The echidnas, or spiny anteaters, of which there are two species.

spiny dog fish n.

ΚΠ

1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 533 The spiny dog-fishes, rays, saw-fishes, and their kindred.

spiny eel n.

ΚΠ

1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 368 Mastacembelidæ. (The Spiny Eels.)

1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 395 The so-called spiny eels of the Oriental region and West Africa.

spiny globe-fish n.

ΚΠ

1834 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom X. 566 Diodon, (Vulg. Spiny globe-fish.)

spiny lobster n.

ΚΠ

1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 92 Palinurus vulgaris..is sometimes denominated Spiny-lobster, or sea Cray-fish.

1853 in E. E. Morris Austral Eng. (1898) 304/2 The Spiny Lizard (Moloch horridus) of Western Australia.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. ix. 233 The spiny lobster, locally called cray-fish.., is also very common.

1884 R. Rathbun in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 780 The Spiny Lobster or Rock Lobster, Panulirus interruptus.

1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 430 Spiny Lizard, i.q. Mountain Devil.

spiny loche n.

ΚΠ

1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. i. 4 Spiny Loche... This is distinguished by a double spine situated on each side the head.

spiny mouse n.

ΚΠ

1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 6 Acanthomys... Spiny-mice.

1894–5 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. III. 119 The pretty little murine known as the Malabar spiny-mouse.

spiny shark n.

ΚΠ

1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. ii. 342 Spiny Shark. Squalus Spinosus.

1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 535 The spiny shark (Echinorhinus spinosus) of the Mediterranean and Atlantic.

spiny squirrel n.

ΚΠ

1894–5 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. III. 71 The Ethiopian spiny squirrels are characterized by their coarse and spiny hair.

spiny tanrec n.

ΚΠ

1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 69 The Spiny Tanrec (Ericulus spinosus).

spiny trionyx n.

ΚΠ

c1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 256 The Spiny Trionyx, or Gymnopus.

spiny rat n. a rodent of the family Echimyidæ, found in tropical South and Central America and distinguished by bristly fur.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > member of family Bathyergidae > other types of

gundi1781

tucutucu1839

spiny rat1876

1876 A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distrib. Animals II. xvii. 238 The Echimyidæ, or spiny rats, are a family, chiefly South American.

1924 W. B. Scott Hist. Land Mammals W. Hemisphere v. 184 The spiny rats (Echimys and Loncheres) are so called from their appearance, not because they are related to the true rats.

1974 H. MacInnes Climb to Lost World ix. 147 A spiny rat, a rare creature: Mike Atherley and I both saw it more than once and thought that it had no tail.

C2. (Frequently in specific names.)

spiny-backed adj.

ΚΠ

1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle xxvi. 310 The fisher~men catch and eat a good many spiny-backed rays (Urogymnus asperrimus).

spiny-finned adj.

ΚΠ

1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 78 Acanthopterygii, or Spiny-finned fishes.

spiny-footed adj.

ΚΠ

1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. i. 112 Spiny-footed Frog. Rana Spinipes.

1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VI. 321 Spiny-footed Tyrant, Tyrannus Calcaratus.

spiny-haired adj.

ΚΠ

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxviii. 98 The pollard willows..became spiny-haired monsters.

spiny-leaved adj.

ΚΠ

1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 206 The Spiny-leaved Sow-thistle (Sonchus Asper).

spiny-legged adj.

ΚΠ

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 226 A spiny legged beast never pays the grazier so well.

spiny-pointed adj.

ΚΠ

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 515/1 The leaves are pinnatifid with spiny-pointed segments.

spiny-rayed adj.

ΚΠ

1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 41 The dorsal fin..is either spiny-rayed, or soft-rayed.

1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 397 Acanthopteri. (The Spiny-rayed Fishes.)

spiny-tailed adj.

ΚΠ

1831 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IX. Syn. 38 Spiny Tailed Guana.

1877 Newton in Encycl. Brit. VII. 505 The Erismaturinæ or Spiny-tailed Ducks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spiny
释义	spinyadj. Brit. /ˈspʌɪni/, U.S. /ˈspaɪni/ Forms: Also 1500s spyny, 1500s–1600s spinie, 1600s spynie, 1600s–1800s spiney. Etymology: < spine n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Having the characteristics of a thorn or thorns; resembling a thorn in form or qualities. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective] heavyc825 grimc900 strongeOE hardeOE drearyOE eileOE sweerOE deara1000 bitterOE tartc1000 smartOE unridec1175 sharp?c1225 straitc1275 grievousc1290 fellc1330 shrewda1387 snella1400 unsterna1400 vilea1400 importunea1425 ungainc1425 thrallc1430 peisant1483 sore?a1513 weighty1540 heinous?1541 urgent?1542 asperous?1567 dure1567 spiny1586 searching1590 hoara1600 vengible1601 flinty1613 tugging1642 atrocious1733 uncannya1774 severe1774 stern1830 punishing1833 hefty1867 solid1916 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious angeeOE swinkfuleOE plightlyOE teenfulOE contrariousc1320 drefa1325 troublinga1325 despitousa1340 thornya1340 discomfortablec1350 troublablec1374 noyousa1382 noyfulc1384 diseasy1387 angrya1393 painful1395 hackinga1400 annoying?c1400 annoyousc1400 cumbrousc1400 teenc1400 annoyfulc1405 sputousc1420 diseasefula1425 molest?a1425 noying?a1425 noisomea1450 grievingc1450 tedious?1454 troublous1463 noisantc1475 displeasant1481 strouble1488 nuisant1494 noyanta1500 irksome1513 sturting1513 molestious1524 vexatious1534 cumbersome1535 uncommodious1541 spiteful1548 vexing?1548 incommodious1551 molestous1555 diseasing1558 grating1563 pestilent1565 sturtsome1570 molestuousa1572 troublesome1573 murrain1575 discommodable1579 galling1583 spiny1586 unsupportable1586 troubleful1588 plaguey1594 distressingc1595 molestful1596 molesting1598 vexful1598 fretful1603 briery1604 bemadding1608 mortifying1611 tiry1611 distressfula1616 irking1629 angersome1649 disobliging1652 discomforting1654 incomfortable1655 incommode1672 ruffling1680 unconvenient1683 pestifying1716 trying1718 offending1726 bothering1765 pesky1775 weary1785 sturty1788 unaccommodating1790 tiresome1798 werriting1808 bothersome1817 plaguesome1828 pestilential1833 fretsome1834 languorous1834 pesty1834 pestersome1843 nettlesome1845 miserable1850 niggling1854 distempering1855 be-maddeninga1861 nattery1873 nagging1883 pestiferous1890 trouble-giving1893 maddening1896 molestive1905 nuisancy1906 balls-aching?1912 nuisance1922 nattering1949 noodgy1969 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 cockish1996 1586 Verses Prayse & Ioy sig. Aii Mongst spyny cares sprong vp now at the last. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 223 Psiloriti: from whose lofty and spiny top both seas may be discerned. 1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. Pref. sig. A3^v And so much for this little spiny objection which a man cannot see without a Magnifying Glass. b. Thin and hard or dry; spare, lean.Common in the first half of the 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin leanc1000 thinc1000 swonga1300 meagrea1398 empty?c1400 (as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405 macilent?a1425 rawc1425 gauntc1440 to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450 leany?a1475 swampc1480 scarrya1500 pinched1514 extenuate1528 lean-fleshed1535 carrion-lean1542 spare1548 lank1553 carrion1565 brawn-fallen1578 raw-bone1590 scraggeda1591 thin-bellied1591 rake-lean1593 bare-boned1594 forlorn1594 Lented1594 lean-looked1597 shotten herring1598 spiny1598 starved1598 thin-belly1598 raw-boned1600 larbar1603 meagry?1603 fleshless1605 scraggy1611 ballow1612 lank-leana1616 skinnya1616 hagged1616 scraggling1616 carrion-like1620 extenuated1620 thin-gutted1620 haggard1630 scrannel1638 leanisha1645 skeletontal1651 overlean1657 emaciated1665 slank1668 lathy1672 emaciate1676 nithered1691 emacerated1704 lean-looking1713 scranky1735 squinny-gut(s)1742 mauger1756 squinny1784 angular1789 etiolated1791 as thin (also lean) as a rail1795 wiry1808 slink1817 scranny1820 famine-hollowed1822 sharp featured1824 reedy1830 scrawny1833 stringy1833 lean-ribbeda1845 skeletony1852 famine-pinched1856 shelly1866 flesh-fallen1876 thinnish1884 all horn and hide1890 unfurnished1893 bone-thin1899 underweight1899 asthenic1925 skin-and-bony1935 skinny-malinky1940 skeletal1952 pencil-neck1960 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Smilzo, bare, spinie, gant, leane, lanke. 1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters iii. sig. D4 A little short-olde-spinye Gentleman. 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis vi. 111 Her thighs and legs to spiny fingers grow. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 232 The French commonly have more spinie and slender Legs then the Italian Gentleman. a1722 [see spiny-legged adj. at Compounds 2]. †c. Of turf or grass. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [adjective] > full of or abounding in herbaceous plants > of or relating to grass > rough, tufty, thick, etc. speary1577 three-piled1605 spiny1607 lanka1644 tussocky1805 1607 J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough 139 That which was old must be renewed, and the spinie turfe changed into a gentle soyle. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 198 The valley..producing but a spiny grasse. 2. Abounding in, furnished or thickly set with, thorns. In early quots. figurative. ΘΚΠ 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 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 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) i. iii. 11 Wee..touched the roote from whence did spring those spinie braunches of briarie passions. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. sig. ãiv^v So difficult and spiny an affaire, as the writing vpon such a nice and copious subiect. ?a1645 A. Stafford Just Apol. in Life Blessed Virgin (1860) p. xliii Bee constant, most pious Lordes, in the vertuous, though rough and spiny course you are to runne. 1727 W. Warburton Crit. & Philos. Enq. Causes Prodigies & Miracles 61 The spiney Desarts of Scholastic Philosophy. 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher II. 164 The holly, whose shining thorny and spiny head..shadowed the whole eminence. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 54 Shrubs, either unarmed or spiny. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 127 Shrubs or small trees, often spiny. 3. Furnished or set with spines; covered with slender sharp-pointed processes. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adjective] > pointed projection > spine spiny1615 spiniferous1656 subspinous1800 aciculated1819 spinulose1819 spinulous1846 spinigerous1852 hexacanthous1854 hexacanth1870 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 249 The body light, the taile spiny, and the colour dun. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Spine The hind Part thereof is Edg'd, or Spiny. 1778 Encycl. Brit. III. 1610/1 The strigosus, or plated lobster, with a pyramidal spiny snout. 1804 C. Smith Conversations II. 153 What endless swarms of creatures..Of burnish'd scale and spiny fin! 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 444 Shell oval, spiny or tuberculous. 1883 Standard 3 Aug. 5/7 Two..lizards with remarkable spiney skins. in combination.1857 T. Moore Handbk. Brit. Ferns (ed. 3) 39 Pinnæ spiny-serrate. 4. Having the form of a spine; stiff and sharp-pointed. ΘΚΠ 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 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 121 Fur ash gray,..composed of rough spiny hairs. 1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals 318 The inner surface is often armed with spiny developments of the epidermis. Compounds C1. In specific names of animals or fishes. a. spiny ant-eater n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > [noun] > echidna anteater1792 porcupine anteater1799 porcupine1803 spiny ant-eater1827 Echidna1847 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom III. 263 The Echidnes,..other~wise Spiny Ant-eaters. 1894–5 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. III. 286 The echidnas, or spiny anteaters, of which there are two species. spiny dog fish n. ΚΠ 1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 533 The spiny dog-fishes, rays, saw-fishes, and their kindred. spiny eel n. ΚΠ 1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 368 Mastacembelidæ. (The Spiny Eels.) 1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 395 The so-called spiny eels of the Oriental region and West Africa. spiny globe-fish n. ΚΠ 1834 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom X. 566 Diodon, (Vulg. Spiny globe-fish.) spiny lobster n. ΚΠ 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 92 Palinurus vulgaris..is sometimes denominated Spiny-lobster, or sea Cray-fish. 1853 in E. E. Morris Austral Eng. (1898) 304/2 The Spiny Lizard (Moloch horridus) of Western Australia. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. ix. 233 The spiny lobster, locally called cray-fish.., is also very common. 1884 R. Rathbun in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 780 The Spiny Lobster or Rock Lobster, Panulirus interruptus. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 430 Spiny Lizard, i.q. Mountain Devil. spiny loche n. ΚΠ 1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. i. 4 Spiny Loche... This is distinguished by a double spine situated on each side the head. spiny mouse n. ΚΠ 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 6 Acanthomys... Spiny-mice. 1894–5 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. III. 119 The pretty little murine known as the Malabar spiny-mouse. spiny shark n. ΚΠ 1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. ii. 342 Spiny Shark. Squalus Spinosus. 1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 535 The spiny shark (Echinorhinus spinosus) of the Mediterranean and Atlantic. spiny squirrel n. ΚΠ 1894–5 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. III. 71 The Ethiopian spiny squirrels are characterized by their coarse and spiny hair. spiny tanrec n. ΚΠ 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 69 The Spiny Tanrec (Ericulus spinosus). spiny trionyx n. ΚΠ c1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 256 The Spiny Trionyx, or Gymnopus. b. spiny rat n. a rodent of the family Echimyidæ, found in tropical South and Central America and distinguished by bristly fur. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > member of family Bathyergidae > other types of gundi1781 tucutucu1839 spiny rat1876 1876 A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distrib. Animals II. xvii. 238 The Echimyidæ, or spiny rats, are a family, chiefly South American. 1924 W. B. Scott Hist. Land Mammals W. Hemisphere v. 184 The spiny rats (Echimys and Loncheres) are so called from their appearance, not because they are related to the true rats. 1974 H. MacInnes Climb to Lost World ix. 147 A spiny rat, a rare creature: Mike Atherley and I both saw it more than once and thought that it had no tail. C2. (Frequently in specific names.) spiny-backed adj. ΚΠ 1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle xxvi. 310 The fisher~men catch and eat a good many spiny-backed rays (Urogymnus asperrimus). spiny-finned adj. ΚΠ 1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 78 Acanthopterygii, or Spiny-finned fishes. spiny-footed adj. ΚΠ 1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. i. 112 Spiny-footed Frog. Rana Spinipes. 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VI. 321 Spiny-footed Tyrant, Tyrannus Calcaratus. spiny-haired adj. ΚΠ 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxviii. 98 The pollard willows..became spiny-haired monsters. spiny-leaved adj. ΚΠ 1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 206 The Spiny-leaved Sow-thistle (Sonchus Asper). spiny-legged adj. ΚΠ a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 226 A spiny legged beast never pays the grazier so well. spiny-pointed adj. ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 515/1 The leaves are pinnatifid with spiny-pointed segments. spiny-rayed adj. ΚΠ 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 41 The dorsal fin..is either spiny-rayed, or soft-rayed. 1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 397 Acanthopteri. (The Spiny-rayed Fishes.) spiny-tailed adj. ΚΠ 1831 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IX. Syn. 38 Spiny Tailed Guana. 1877 Newton in Encycl. Brit. VII. 505 The Erismaturinæ or Spiny-tailed Ducks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : † spineyspinyn. < adj.1586 see also
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