Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having or producing spines or prickles. Also spelled
acanthopherous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Spine-bearing.
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- adjective Spine-bearing. -
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Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἀκανθο- (akantho-, "spine") + φορός (phoros, "bearing")
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