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Aculeated :: Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.

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

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

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

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

Briar :: Briar (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax..

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..

Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.

Weapon :: Weapon (n.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished..

Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..

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

Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A prickle.

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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