spiny   (Sound)

The adj spiny has 2 senses

• spinous, spiny -- (having spines; "the dorsal fin is spinous")


• barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny -- (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")