Spined

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1
Having spines, spiny. not-comparable
2
Having a certain type of spine (backbone). comparable, figuratively, in-compounds, usually
"He's just another linguini-spined politician."

Synonyms

acanthoid acanthous acicular acuate aculeate aculeiform

Antonyms

spineless unspined unspiny

Example

"He's just another linguini-spined politician."

Etymology

From spine + -ed.

Related phrases

long-spined bullhead spined loach steely-spined three-spined stickleback

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