bearing spines
• (a.) Producing spines; bearing thorns or spines; thorny; spiny.
Spi·nif'er·ous adjective [ Latin spinifer ; spina thorn + ferre to produce.] Producing spines; bearing thorns or spines; thorny; spiny. 
spiniferous 1. Spine-bearing as applied to pads on the ventral side of the distal end of the leg in the onychophoran (a small land invertebrate that has many pairs of unjointed legs and which captures insects and similar prey by spraying them with adhesive mucus). 2. Bearing spines; spiny.