Definition of Spinous

having bristles or being spikey

Examples of Spinous in a sentence

Children were warned not to touch the spinous plant located near the playground because its thorns would hurt if they touched it.  🔊

When the doctor removed the spinous tick from my ear, he noticed little prickles all over the bug’s body so it could attach itself to humans.  🔊

After backing into the spinous plant, the young man thought he had sat on a cactus.  🔊

At first it looks like it would be painful to pick up the caterpillar due to his spinous body, but his body and the barbs sticking out of it are quite soft.  🔊

As the artist painted the spinous animal in the picture, he used a fine-tipped brush to paint the small thorns all over its body.  🔊

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