bristly vs barbellate

bristly and barbellate both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bristly	No	Yes	No	No
barbellate	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, bristly and barbellate are synonyms defined as:

bristly and barbellate: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Other synonyms of bristly include barbed, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny.

bristly (adjective)	barbellate (adjective)
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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