7
bristly
7
setaceous(adjective, spiny, hispid)
6
barbed
6
burred
6
prickly
6
setose(adjective, spiny, hispid)
6
spiny(adjective, hispid)
6
thorny
5
briary
5
briery
5
bristled
5
burry
1
armed
1
biting
1
bristling
1
chaetophorous(adjective, spiny, hispid)
1
echinate(adjective, spiny, hispid)
1
hairy
1
hirsute
1
hispid(adjective, spiny)
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