spiny

How To Use spiny In A Sentence

• Seingô shrieked in rage, and clawed out at him with spiny, thorny arms.
• Berberis darwinii is a small, dense shrub, spiny of leaf and stem, like an angry little holly. Times, Sunday Times
• The platypus and the echidna - a nocturnal, burrowing mammal with a spiny coat, long claws, and no teeth - are the only known living members of a type of animal known as monotremes.
• The spiny, reddish-brown stems are clad with oval-shaped, glossy green leaves with notched margins. The Sun
• The seabed under the arch is covered in large boulders 18m below, all covered in an algal fuzz that is home to large numbers of wrasse, bream and spiny starfish.
• Also, the undersides of an osprey's feet are covered in spiny spicules which prevent fish from wriggling free.
• The leaves are trifoliate with tomentose leaflets that have the typical reticulate venation of yams, 12-16 cm long, 6-9 cm broad: the petioles are pubescent and often spiny. Chapter 37
• The dark red, spiny fruit of the organ cactus, the pitahaya is used in savory sauces or eaten fresh. The dark red, spiny fruit of the organ cactus, the pitahaya is used in savory sauces or eaten fresh. Esta es la fruta espinosa, de color rojo, del cactus órgano. Se utiliza en salsas saladas o para comerse fresca.
• Scientists have observed a dolphin trying to get a reluctant moray eel to come out of its crevice by poking it with the spiny body of a dead scorpionfish.
• The wormlike, often brightly colored, hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth.