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echinus

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echinus /əˈkīnəs, əˈkaɪnəs /
▸ noun
(plural echini /-nī/)
1 Zoology a sea urchin.
Genus Echinus, class Echinoidea: several species, including the common European edible sea urchin (E. esculentus).
2 Architecture a rounded molding below an abacus on a Doric or Ionic capital.
– ORIGIN late Middle English : via Latin from Greek ekhinos ‘hedgehog, sea urchin’.
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