Meaning : Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
Example :
A horse with a short bristly mane.
Bristly shrubs.
Burred fruits.
Setaceous whiskers.
Synonyms : barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, spiny, thorny