Synonyms for Barbellate (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.):
barbed, bristly, prickly, spiny, thorny, setaceous, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, setoseWordNet sense 2 ((used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns):
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