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spinulous

spinulous adjective: covered with small spines.

Adjective

spinulous (comparative more spinulous, superlative most spinulous)

  1. Covered with small spines.

Forms of spinulous

comparativemore spinulous
superlativemost spinulous

Origin of spinulous

From spinule + -ous.

Questions about spinulous

What does spinulous mean?
Spinulous means covered with small spines.
What part of speech is spinulous?
Spinulous is an adjective.

Words near spinulous in the dictionary

  1. spinulescent
  2. spinuliferous
  3. spinuliform
  4. spinulose
  5. spinulosely
  6. spinulous
  7. spinup
  8. spinups
  9. Spinuș
  10. spinward
  11. spinwave

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