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/ˈpɹɪklɪnəs/
Noun
The state or quality of being prickly.
Usage- Uncountable
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The sharp prickliness of its finnes.
A Thistle…assuming a new Form, and without any prickliness.
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Closer inspection disclosed the furious and impossible prickliness of their surface.
Noun
the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
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