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Definition of Spinosity
1. n. The quality or state of being spiny or thorny; spininess.
Definition of Spinosity
1. Noun. The quality or state of being spinose. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spinosity
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinosity
Literary usage of Spinosity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Revision of Paleozoic Stelleroidea with Special Reference to North American by Charles Schuchert (1915)
"spinosity.—In general, it can be said that spines are least developed in the
heavily plated ... spinosity is at its greatest development in the Paleozoic. ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"... in its proportions and in the distribution of the setae on the appendages as
well as in their spinosity, and the shape and setae of the mandible. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"The spinosity and aperture of the shell have been the characters used in these
... The spinosity or smoothness of the shell has often been the basis for ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"It is further believed that spines represent an extreme of superficial differentiation
which may become fixed in ontogeny, and also that spinosity ..."
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