Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, bearing spines on the petiole or peduncle.
  • Same as acanthopod.

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  • adjective Spiny-footed.

Etymologies

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acantho (“spiny footed”) +‎ -podous (“having such feet”)

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