spiny
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They also found many arthropods -- a family that includes modern-day crabs and insects -- including spiny, stalk-eyed creatures called radiodonts which were the apex predator of the time.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Covering four representative species—the great white, the sandbar, the small-spotted catshark and the spiny dogfish—Daniel C. Abel and Sophie A. Maycock deliver breadth without sacrificing depth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead — are lacking, 96% of the region’s kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea star collapse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
Scientists discovered a new species of spiny mouse - named after the especially stiff guard hairs found on their coats, which function similar to the spines of a hedgehog.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
A dozen different sorts of meat and fish were served: camel, crocodile, singing squid, lacquered ducks and spiny grubs, with goat and ham and horse for those whose tastes were less exotic.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
But her spinier attributes emerge when her beauty idyll is crashed by a rowdy extended family of holidaymakers with various squealing children in tow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
Martin imagined when writing his "Song of Ice and Fire" books; that one is bigger and spinier.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2021
He’s surrounded by spinier, more surprising arrangements, too.
From The Verge ● Sep. 11, 2015
