used as comb. form of SPINOSE a., as spinoso-dentate, -denticulate, etc.
1848. Dana, Zooph., 187. Lamellæ unequal, spinoso-dentate. Ibid., 229. Lamellæ at apex spinoso-denticulate. Ibid. (1852), Crust., I. 101. Arm and carpus spinoso-tubercular. Ibid., 114. Third and fourth joints spinoso-tuberculate.