ˈspinuli-
comb. form of L. spīnula spinule, used in a few compounds, as spinuˈliferous, ˈspinuliform, spinuli-scabrous adjs.
| 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 495 A few minute spinuliform papillæ. 1852 ― Crust. i. 527 Lower margin..spinuli⁓scabrous. 1859 Mayne Expos. Lex. 1188/2 Spinuliferus,..having very small spines..: spinuliferous. 1900 Proc. Zool. Soc. 519 The spinuliferous..margins of the carapace. |