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spiny /ˈspaɪni/
(a.)多針的,盡是尖刺的,尖刺狀的,麻煩的,棘手的
Spin·y a.
1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
2. Like a spine in shape; slender. “Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping.”
3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. --Bp. Warburton.
Spiny lobster. Zool. Same as Rock lobster, under Rock. See also Lobster.
spiny
adj : 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" [syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery,
bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose,
setaceous, thorny]
[also: spiniest, spinier]