adjective
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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a horse with a short bristly mane
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bristly shrubs
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burred fruits
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setaceous whiskers
• Syn:
↑barbed, ↑barbellate, ↑briary, ↑briery, ↑bristled, ↑bristly, ↑burred, ↑prickly, ↑setose, ↑setaceous, ↑spiny, ↑thorny
• Similar to: ↑armed
• Derivationally related forms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.