Hyphenation of spinous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word spinous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

spin-ous

Definitions of spinous:

1.	Having spines The dorsal fin is spinous
2.	Shaped like a spine or thorn

Synonyms of spinous:

adj	acanthoid, acanthous, pointed

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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