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· bristled
adjective
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
"a horse with a short bristly mane"
Similar words
barbed
barbellate
briary
briery
bristly
burred
burry
prickly
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).