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Unarmed :: Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc..

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds..

Tear-thumb :: Tear-thumb (n.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles..

Aculeus :: Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses..

Stickler :: Stickleback (v. t.) Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback..

Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..

Inermis :: Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf..

Aculeiform :: Aculeiform (a.) Like a prickle.

Prickly :: Prickly (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub..

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.

Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..

Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..

Hedgehog :: Hedgehog (n.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects..

Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..

Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle..

Cutgrass :: Cutgrass () A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of Leersia..

Prickle :: Prickle (v. t.) To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points..

Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.

Prickliness :: Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles..

Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.

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