barbellate > define

adjective

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