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Coronaviruses get their name from the crown of spikelike proteins that surround them.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2020

Kiss Me Goodnight''; the four black Mills brothers huddled around a spikelike amplifier, knees quivering, sounding like a trumpet, a pair of saxophones and a tuba.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other hazards include a child's electric stove that produced temperatures of 600° and a baby's rattle that was held together with spikelike wires.

From Time Magazine Archive

So is that really Hank Bauer on television nowadays, spraying his spikelike crew cut with Ozon Hair Spray from that pink and grey can?

From Time Magazine Archive

They are readily recognized by their peculiar rose comb with its long, spikelike projection in the back, their red face, white ear lobes, and bluish legs.

From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Lucas, Frederic