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spiny
adjective(spiny)
abounding with difficulties, obstacles, or annoyances : thorny
spiny
adjective(spiny)
covered or armed with spines; broadly : bearing spines, prickles, or thorns
spiny
adjective(spiny)
slender and pointed like a spine
spiny
noun(spiny)
echidna
spiny
noun(spiny)
any of a small phylum (Acanthocephala) of unsegmented parasitic worms that have a proboscis bearing hooks by which attachment is made to the intestinal wall of the host
spiny
noun(spiny)
any of several edible crustaceans (family Palinuridae, especially genus Panulirus) distinguished from true lobsters by the simple unenlarged first pair of legs and claws and the spiny carapace

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