Vocabulary : Spinescent to Spinii-spirulate

Spinescent : Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines.
Spinet : A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used. ;; A spinny.
Spinetail : Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines. ;; Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds. ;; The ruddy duck.
Spine-tailed : Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
Spineted : Slit; cleft.

Spiniferous : Producing spines; bearing thorns or spines; thorny; spiny.
Spinifex : A genus of chiefly Australian grasses, the seeds of which bear an elastic spine. S. hirsutus (black grass) and S. longifolius are useful as sand binders. S. paradoxusis a valuable perennial fodder plant. Also, a plant of this genus. ;; Any of several Australian grasses of the genus Tricuspis, which often form dense, almost impassable growth, their leaves being stiff and sharp-pointed.
Spiniform : Shaped like a spine.
Spinigerous : Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing.
Spinii-spirulate : Having spines arranged spirally. See Spicule.

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