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| acanthus |
any of various Mediterranean plants with large, spiny leaves. [1/2 definitions] |
| agave |
any of the tropical American plants, such as the century plant, that are related to the amaryllis and have tall, branched clusters of flowers and leaves with spiny edges. |
| barberry |
any of various shrubs, often spiny, that have leathery leaves and bear clustered yellow flowers and small ovoid red-orange berries. |
| bass2 |
any of several freshwater or saltwater food fishes with spiny fins. |
| bur |
the spiny seed case of any of various plants such as the burdock or chestnut. [2/3 definitions] |
| caper2 |
a low, spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region. [1/2 definitions] |
| crayfish |
a spiny lobster, or similar marine crustacean. [1/2 definitions] |
| dory2 |
either of two fishes of the Atlantic that have narrow, flattened bodies and spiny fins. |
| echidna |
any of several small, insect-eating, egg-laying mammals of the Australian region that have a long slender snout and a spiny, bristly coat; spiny anteater. |
| echinoderm |
any of various marine animals that have parts radiating symmetrically from the center and hard, often spiny outer body walls, such as the starfishes and sea urchins. |
| furze |
one of a group of low, spiny shrubs of the legume family, bearing yellow flowers; gorse. |
| gorse |
any of various shrubs native to Europe having spiny leaves and bearing yellow flowers; furze. |
| hedgehog |
any one of several small, insect-eating mammals having spiny hairs or quills on the back and sides that protect the animal, esp. when it rolls itself into a ball. [1/2 definitions] |
| horned toad |
any of several insect-eating lizards of western North America and Mexico, having spiny scales covering the body and hornlike spines on the head. |
| horse chestnut |
any of a family of large, full trees bearing large fingerlike leaves, flowerclusters, and smooth, brown, inedible nuts encased in spiny husks. [1/2 definitions] |
| iguana |
any of various large herbivorous lizards of tropical America that often have a ridge of spiny projections along the backbone. |
| jujube |
any of a variety of spiny semitropical trees that bear yellow flowers and edible plumlike fruits, or the fruit of this tree used for food. [1/2 definitions] |
| liquidambar |
any of various Asian or North American trees of the witch hazel family, such as the sweet gum, having star-shaped leaves and bearing spiny fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
| Moloch |
(l.c.) a spiny, ant-eating lizard native to the Australian desert. [1/2 definitions] |
| monotreme |
any of the lowest order of mammals, such as the platypus and spiny anteater, that lay eggs and have a common opening for the digestive, urinary, and genital tracts. |
| murex |
any of various spiny-shelled marine snails of tropical waters, formerly an important source of royal purple dye. |
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