What is the meaning of spiny?

Having spines.
- usage: "the dorsal fin is spinous"
- synonyms: spinous
Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
- usage: "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
- synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, thorny

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