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spiny

adjective as in pointed

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“Then make sure to cool it immediately to prevent holdover temperature from overcooking the spiny little beast!”

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The closing ceremony featured a spiny, glistening figure, the “Golden Voyager,” who arrived from the night sky.

The deadly wave, which may soon threaten these spiny, slow-moving invertebrates globally, appears to have begun half a world away.

The spiny black creatures become largely immobile once infected, leaving them vulnerable to predators.

Whatever its evolutionary affinities, these spiny arachnids appear to come from a time when arachnids were experimenting with a range of different body plans.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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