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echinulate

American

[ih-kin-yuh-lit, -leyt, ih-kahyn-] / ɪˈkɪn yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, ɪˈkaɪn- /

adjective

(of a plant or animal) having a covering of prickles or small spines.

Etymology

Origin of echinulate

Apparently echin(us) + -ule + -ate ¹

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