See Also: spini-(dictionary)

spini- (iou)



spini- combining form.
[from Latin spina SPINE: see -I-.]
Forming adjectives with ref. to (a) in Botany & Zoology, a spine or spines, as spinidentate, spinituberculate; (b) in Anatomy, the spinal column, or the spine of a bone, as spinirector, spinideltoid. Cf. SPINO-.
spi'niferous adjective (chiefly Botany) bearing spines; spinose: M17.
spiniform adjective (Botany & Zoology) having the form of a spine M19.
spi'nigerous adjective spiniferous; spec. in Entomology, (of a beetle etc.) bearing a dorsal spine common to both elytra: E19.