spinulous, a.
(ˈspaɪnjʊləs)
[f. spinule + -ous.]
= spinulose a.
| 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 155 A few of the foliaceous Astræidæ..have the surface simply striated and spinulous. 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. 108 The sclerobasis..in the latter..is always either smooth or spinulous. |