English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin jacula (“dart”) + -ferous.
Adjective[edit]
jaculiferous (not comparable)
- (rare) prickly; bearing spines
2005, Bill Roorbach, Temple Stream: A Rural Odyssey, page 46:Mice, rats, gophers, groundhogs, the jaculiferous porcupine: they're all more or less miniature beavers — just add water.
