spinous

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This is the Spinous Lizard exhibited by Mr. Gould at the meeting of the Zoological Society in October 1840.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 by Grey, George

Ascending high that Southern hill, Spinous ferns I sought to find.

From The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches by Wilson, Epiphanius

The Spinous Rats are little animals much resembling ordinary rats; but with the peculiarity of having stiff spines growing among their hair, after the manner of porcupine quills.

From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by Harvey, William

Spinous process: A process or bony protuberance, resembling a spine or thorn, whence it derives its name.

From American Woman's Home by Beecher, Catharine Esther

In the first pair of words the initial of Splendid shows‌ that the attachment is to the Spinous processes, and the word Image indicates that the vertebræ implicated are the third to the sixth.

From Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget by Loisette, A. (Alphonse)