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polyacanthous

polyacanthous adjective: having many thorns.

Adjective

polyacanthous (comparative more polyacanthous, superlative most polyacanthous)

  1. (rare) Having many thorns

Forms of polyacanthous

comparativemore polyacanthous
superlativemost polyacanthous

Origin of polyacanthous

From poly- + acanthous.

Questions about polyacanthous

What does polyacanthous mean?
Polyacanthous means having many thorns.
What part of speech is polyacanthous?
Polyacanthous is an adjective.

Words near polyacanthous in the dictionary

  1. polyaboloes
  2. polyabolos
  3. polyabuse
  4. polyabuser
  5. polyabusers
  6. polyacanthous
  7. polyacene
  8. polyacenes
  9. polyacetal
  10. polyacetals
  11. polyacetylated

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