spiny : Idioms & Phrases

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atlantic spiny dogfish

  • noun destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes
    Squalus acanthias.
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pacific spiny dogfish

  • noun dogfish of Pacific coast of North America
    Squalus suckleyi.
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spiny anteater

  • noun a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
    echidna; anteater.
  • noun a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
    echidna; anteater.
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spiny dogfish

  • noun small bottom-dwelling dogfishes
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spiny lizard

  • noun desert lizard that feeds on ants
    Moloch horridus; mountain devil.
  • noun any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America
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Spiny lobster

  • noun warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
    rock lobster; crayfish; langouste.
  • noun large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
    crawfish; sea crawfish; langouste; rock lobster; crayfish.
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  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Rock lobster, under Rock. See also Lobster.
Webster 1913

spiny puffer

  • noun puffers having rigid or erectile spines
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spiny softshell

  • noun river turtle of western United States with a warty shell; prefers quiet water
    Trionyx spiniferus.
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spiny talinum

  • noun low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States
    Talinum spinescens.
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spiny-backed

  • adjective satellite having the back covered with spines
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spiny-edged

  • adjective satellite having a spiny border
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spiny-finned

  • adjective of or relating to fish with spiny fins
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spiny-finned fish

  • noun a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
    acanthopterygian.
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spiny-headed worm

  • noun any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
    acanthocephalan.
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spiny-leafed

  • adjective satellite having spiny leaves
    spiny-leafed.
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spiny-leaved

  • adjective satellite having spiny leaves
    spiny-leafed.
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spiny-stemmed

  • adjective satellite having a spiny stem
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yellow spiny daisy

  • noun slender perennial of western North America having weakly bristly leaves and yellow flower heads
    Haplopappus spinulosus.
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