SPINULE Spin"ule, n. Etym: [L. spinula, dim. of spina a spine: cf. F. spinule.]
Defn: A minute spine. Dana.
SPINULESCENT
Spin`u*les"cent, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having small spines; somewhat thorny.
SPINULOSE; SPINULOUS
Spin"u*lose`, Spin"u*lous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. spinuleux.]
Defn: Covered with small spines.
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.