jaculiferous

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adjective

prickly; bearing spines

OriginLatin jacula →
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Meanings

adjectivejaculiferous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareprickly; bearing spines

    Mice, rats, gophers, groundhogs, the jaculiferous porcupine: they're all more or less miniature beavers — just add water.

    2005, Bill Roorbach, Temple Stream: A Rural Odyssey, page 46

Origin

  1. Latinjacula“dart”
  2. Englishjaculiferous

Latin jacula (“dart”) + -ferous.

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APA

jaculiferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jaculiferous

MLA

“jaculiferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jaculiferous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jaculiferous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jaculiferous.

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