English-Thai Dictionary

spiny

ADJ มี หนาม  เต็มไปด้วย หนาม  spiky thorny me-nam

 

spiny

ADJ ยุ่งยาก  มีปัญหา  ไม่ ราบรื่น  troublesome thorny yung-yak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPINY

a.[from spine. ] 1. Full of spines; thorny; as a spiny tree.
2. Perplexed; difficult; troublesome.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPINY

Spin "y, a. Etym: [From Spine. ]

 

1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.

 

2. Like a spine in shape; slender. "Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping. " Chapman.

 

3. Fig. : Abounding with difficulties or annoyances. The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. Bp. Warburton. Spiny lobster. (Zoöl.) Same as Rock lobster, under Rock. See also Lobster.

 

SPINY

SPINY Spin "y, n.

 

Defn: See Spinny.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spiny

spin y |ˈspīnē ˈspaɪni | ▶adjective ( spinier, spiniest ) full of or covered with prickles: a spiny cactus. • informal difficult to understand or handle: a spiny problem. DERIVATIVES spin i ness noun

 

spiny anteater

spin y ant eat er |ˈspaɪni ˈæn (t )ˌidər | ▶noun another term for echidna.

 

spiny dogfish

spin y dog fish ▶noun a large white-spotted gray dogfish with venomous spines in front of the dorsal fins. It occurs in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, often in large shoals. [Squalus acanthias, family Squalidae. ]

 

spiny lobster

spin y lob ster ▶noun a large edible crustacean with a spiny shell and long heavy antennae, but lacking the large claws of true lobsters. [Family Palinuridae: several genera and species, in particular Palinuris vulgaris of European waters, and the California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus ).]

 

spiny mouse

spin y mouse ▶noun a mouse that has spines mixed with the hair on its back, native to Africa and southwestern Asia. [Genus Acomys, family Muridae: several species. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

spiny

spiny |ˈspʌɪni | ▶adjective ( spinier, spiniest ) full of or covered with prickles: a spiny cactus. • informal difficult to understand or handle: a spiny problem. DERIVATIVES spininess noun

 

spiny anteater

spiny ant |eater ▶noun another term for echidna.

 

spiny dogfish

spiny dog |fish ▶noun another term for spur-dog.

 

spiny-headed worm

spiny-headed worm ▶noun another term for thorny-headed worm.

 

spiny lobster

spiny lob |ster ▶noun a large edible crustacean with a spiny shell and long heavy antennae, but lacking the large claws of true lobsters. ●Family Palinuridae: several genera and species, in particular Palinuris vulgaris of European waters, and the American genus Panulirus.

 

spiny mouse

spiny mouse ▶noun a mouse that has spines mixed with the hair on its back, native to Africa and SW Asia. ●Genus Acomys, family Muridae: several species.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

spiny

spiny adjective spiny clumps of blackthorn: prickly, spiky, thorny, bristly, bristled, spiked, barbed, scratchy, sharp; technical spinose, spinous.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

spiny

spiny adjective spiny clumps of blackthorn: prickly, spiky, thorny, thistly, briary, brambly, bristly, bristled, spiked, barbed, pronged, scratchy, sharp; technical spiculate, spicular, spiniferous, aculeate, barbellate, spinose, spinous, muricate, setaceous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spiny

spin y /spáɪni /形容詞 〈動 植物が 〉とげ [針 ]のある, とげだらけの .～̀ l ó bster 〘動 〙イセエビ .