a. [f. L. spīnifer, f. spīna SPINE sb.1 Cf. F. spinifère.] Bearing, covered with, or having spines; spinose. Chiefly Zool. or Bot.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Spiniferous, that beareth prickles or thorns, thorney.
1851. G. F. Richardson, Geol., viii. 276. The Rajacidæ … have the body depressed in the form of a disc, and covered with spiniferous plates.
1867. J. Hogg, Microsc., II. ii. 391. Small spicula, slightly curved, thickly spiniferous.
