spiny-backed

1. 1.

   having the back covered with spines

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Questions about spiny-backed

What does spiny-backed mean?

spiny-backed means "having the back covered with spines".

How many syllables are in spiny-backed?

spiny-backed has 3 syllables and divides as spiny--bac-ked under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is spiny-backed a common word?

spiny-backed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.