spin-, spino-, spini-

(Latin: thorn, prickle; by extension, "backbone", the spinal cord)

spinisternite
spinney
spino-occipital
Spinosaurids
A large group of huge, flesh-eating dinosaurs that developed long spines jutting up from their vertebra. It is believed to have existed in the Cretaceous period. Named by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach in 1915.
Spinosaurus
A “thorn (spine) lizard” from Late Cretaceous Niger and Egypt. Named by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach in 1915.
spinose
Spinosuchus
The “spine crocodile” named for the tall neural spines along its back. From Late Triassic North America. Named by von Huene in 1932.
spinous
Spiny; spine-like.
spinulate
Covered with small spines.
spinulation
A defensive spiny covering.
spinule
A small spine.
spinulescent
Tending to be spinulate.
spinuliferous
Bearing small spines.
spinulose, spinulous
spiny