spined

English

Etymology

From spine + -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spaɪnd/
• Rhymes: -aɪnd

Adjective

spined (comparative more spined, superlative most spined)

1. (not comparable) Having spines, spiny.

   Antonyms: spineless, unspined, unspiny

   Coordinate terms: barbed, thorny

2. (comparable, in combination, usually figuratively) Having a certain type of spine (backbone).

   Hyponym: spineless

   He's just another linguini-spined politician.

Derived terms

• long-spined bullhead
• spined loach
• steely-spined
• three-spined stickleback

Translations

having spines

• Italian: spine (it)

Anagrams

• depins, despin, nepids, piends, sniped