"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 ; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire
"a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire