spines (noun)

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• crown of thorns — noun 1. somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts • Syn: ↑Christ thorn, ↑Christ plant, ↑Euphorbia milii • Hypernyms: ↑spurge • Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbia …   Useful english dictionary

• natal plum — noun 1. very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves • Syn: ↑amatungulu, ↑Carissa macrocarpa, ↑Carissa grandiflora • Hypernyms: ↑carissa • Part Meronyms: ↑carissa plum …   Useful english dictionary

• horned toad — noun insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America • Syn: ↑horned lizard, ↑horny frog • Hypernyms: ↑iguanid, ↑iguanid lizard • Hyponyms: ↑Texas horned lizard, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• scorpion fish — noun marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines • Syn: ↑scorpionfish, ↑sea scorpion • Hypernyms: ↑scorpaenid, ↑scorpaenid fish • Hyponyms: ↑plumed scorpionfish, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Canada porcupine — noun porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur; often gnaws buildings for salt and grease • Syn: ↑Erethizon dorsatum • Hypernyms: ↑New World porcupine • Member Holonyms: ↑Erethizon, ↑genus Erethizon *… …   Useful english dictionary

• Carcharhinidae — noun largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks • Syn: ↑family Carcharhinidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

• feather ball — noun a low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico • Syn: ↑Mammillaria plumosa • Hypernyms: ↑cactus * * * noun : a low tuberculate Mexican cactus (Neomammillaria plumosa) with white feathery spines …   Useful english dictionary

• hedgehog cactus — noun cactus of the genus Echinocactus having stout sharp spines • Hypernyms: ↑echinocactus, ↑barrel cactus * * * noun : any of several cacti with stout sharp spines: as a. : a cactus of the genus Echinocactus …   Useful english dictionary

• Lemaireocereus — noun tropical American cacti usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit • Syn: ↑genus Lemaireocereus • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cactaceae,… …   Useful english dictionary

• long-tailed porcupine — noun porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail • Syn: ↑Trichys lipura • Hypernyms: ↑Old World porcupine • Member Holonyms: ↑Trichys, ↑genus Trichys * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

• prickle cell — noun a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle cell layer); has many spines and radiating processes • Hypernyms: ↑skin cell * * * noun : a cell found in the germinal layer of the skin having numerous spines or radiating processes… …   Useful english dictionary