Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn:
barbed,
barbellate,
briary, briery,
bristled,
bristly,
burred,
burry,
prickly,
setose,
setaceous,
spiny,
thorny]
