bristliness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bristliness
    n 1: the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
         [syn: {prickliness}, {bristliness}, {spininess},
         {thorniness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bristliness \Bris"tli*ness\, n.
   The quality or state of having bristles.
   [1913 Webster]

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