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spiniferous

spiniferous adjective: having spines or thorns; spiny, thorny.

Adjective

spiniferous (comparative more spiniferous, superlative most spiniferous)

  1. Having spines or thorns; spiny, thorny

spiniferous meaning in Tamil

spiniferous in Tamil

முள்ளுள்ள

Forms of spiniferous

comparativemore spiniferous
superlativemost spiniferous

Origin of spiniferous

From spine + -i- + -ferous.

Words that rhyme with spiniferous

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Questions about spiniferous

What does spiniferous mean?
Spiniferous means having spines or thorns; spiny, thorny.
What is spiniferous in Tamil?
Spiniferous in Tamil is முள்ளுள்ள. See Spiniferous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spiniferous?
Spiniferous is an adjective.

Words near spiniferous in the dictionary

  1. spinicaudatan
  2. spinicaudatans
  3. spinier
  4. spinies
  5. spiniest
  6. spiniferous
  7. spinifex
  8. spinifex pigeon
  9. spinifex pigeons
  10. spinifex termite
  11. spinifex termites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spiniferous (page history and authors); spiniferous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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