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Word entry · 5 letters

spiny

Best crossword clue

"Covered in prickles"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈspaɪni/Part of speech adjectiveSorted inpsyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Word origin

From spine + -y.

Used in a sentence

  • The spiney desarts of scholastic philosophy
  • And, as in well-growne woods, on trees, cold ſpinie Graſhoppers / Sit chirping, […]

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