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echinate

 
Dictionary: ech·i·nate   (ĕk'ə-nāt') pronunciation
adj.
Bearing or covered with spines or bristles; prickly.


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adjective

    Full of sharp needlelike protuberances: briery, prickly, pricky, spiny, thistly, thorny. See sharp/dull.

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Bearing stiff prickly hairs.

 
 
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