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Piper :: Piper (n.) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts..

Rachitis :: Rachitis (n.) Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets..

Whipparee :: Whipparee (n.) A large sting ray (Dasybatis, / Trygon, Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail..

Synepy :: Synentognathi (n. pl.) An order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It includes the true flying fishes..

Spur :: Spur (n.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg..

Spinebill :: Spineback (n.) A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins..

Spininess :: Spinigerous (a.) Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing.

Spine :: Spine (n.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

Echinoidea :: Echinoidea (n. pl.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid..

Sea Adder :: Sea adder () The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); -- called also bismore.

Chine :: Chine (n.) The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.

Spineback :: Spine (n.) Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.

Herringbone :: Herringbone (a.) Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions..

Spinigerous :: Spiniform (a.) Shaped like a spine.

Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The spine.

Sunfish :: Sunfish (n.) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrachidae. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are Lepomis gibbosus (called also bream, pondfish, pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or dollardee (L. pallidus), and the long-eared sunfish (L. auritus). Several of the species are called also pondfish..

Picked :: Picked (a.) Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes.

Buckthorn :: Buckthorn (n.) A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus.

Cassowary :: Cassowary (n.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc..

Spindle :: Spinate (a.) Bearing a spine; spiniform.

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