spinulate, a.
(ˈspaɪnjʊlət)
[See spinule and -ate.]
Furnished with spinules or small spines.
| 1866 Bowerbank Monogr. Brit. Spongiadæ II. 66 Polymastia spinula,..Sponge... External defensive spicula of..fistulæ spinulate. Ibid. 69 There are numerous small spinulate spicula. |
So ˈspinulated a.
| 1900 J. T. Cunningham Sexual Dimorphism 8 The presence of well-developed ctenoid or spinulated scales all over both sides of the body. |