English adjective: barbellate | |||
| 1. | barbellate having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||
| Samples | A horse with a short bristly mane. Bristly shrubs. Burred fruits. Setaceous whiskers. | ||
| Synonyms | barbed, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny | ||
| Similar | armed | ||
| Antonyms | unarmed | ||