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echinulate
[ ih-kin-yuh-lit, -leyt, ih-kahyn- ]
/ ɪˈkɪn yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, ɪˈkaɪn- /
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adjective
(of a plant or animal) having a covering of prickles or small spines.
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Words nearby echinulate
echino-, echinococcus, echinoderm, echinodermatous, echinoid, echinulate, echinus, echium, echiurid, echiuroid, echo
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How to use echinulate in a sentence
The sporidia in many cases are large, reticulated, echinulate or verrucose, and mostly somewhat globose.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses|Mordecai Cubitt CookeThe spores are more or less globose, and rough or echinulate, at least in many species.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses|Mordecai Cubitt CookeEchinulate, term applied to minute spinous processes, on the spores for example.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.|George Francis AtkinsonThe spores, as usual when clustered, are conspicuously echinulate on the outer side.
The North American Slime-Moulds|Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride