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

British gardens matter more than ever for hedgehogs, according to a study of the secret night life of the spiny mammals.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 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

“See the spiny, spindly creature? A round ball with spikes? Like a rolling porcupine?”

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes