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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A prickle.

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..

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

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

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine..

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