Etymology

spinigerous

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Today it means: Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing. Full definition →

Latin spiniger
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  1. Latin · derived fromspiniger
  2. English todayspinigerous

From Latin spiniger, from spina (“spine”) + gerere (“to bear”).

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