having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"
very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.