Definition of Spinosity

1. n. The quality or state of being spiny or thorny; spininess.

Definition of Spinosity

1. Noun. The quality or state of being spinose. ¹

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Definition of Spinosity

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinosity

spinon
spinoneural
spinons
spinor
spinoreticular fibres
spinoreticular tract
spinorial
spinors
spinosad
spinosads
spinosauri
spinosaurus
spinosely
spinosities
spinotectal
spinotectal tract
spinothalamic
spinothalamic cordotomy
spinothalamic tract
spinothalamic tractotomy
spinotransversarius
spinous layer
spinous process
spinous process of tibia
spinous spider crab
spinous spider crabs
spinout

Literary usage of Spinosity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Revision of Paleozoic Stelleroidea with Special Reference to North American by Charles Schuchert (1915)
"spinosity.—In general, it can be said that spines are least developed in the heavily plated ... spinosity is at its greatest development in the Paleozoic. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"... in its proportions and in the distribution of the setae on the appendages as well as in their spinosity, and the shape and setae of the mandible. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"The spinosity and aperture of the shell have been the characters used in these ... The spinosity or smoothness of the shell has often been the basis for ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"It is further believed that spines represent an extreme of superficial differentiation which may become fixed in ontogeny, and also that spinosity ..."

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