jaculiferous

[ jak-yuh-lif-er-uhs ]

adjectiveBotany, Zoology.
  1. having dartlike spines.

Origin of jaculiferous

1
1850–55; <New Latin jaculifer dart-bearing (jaculi-, combining form of Latin jaculum dart + -fer-fer) + -ous; see jaculate

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