sea urchin
Meaning
Any of many marine echinoderms, of the class Echinoidea, commonly found in shallow water, having a complex chewing structure named Aristotle's lantern.
Synonyms
sea-urchin
sea-hedgehog
sea-urchin jam
paste of sea urchin
sea eggs
hurcheon
sea urchin eggs
Translations
Seeigel
riccio di mare
erizo de mar
oursin
αχινός
eriçó de mar
ouriço-do-mar
Echinothrix diadema
zee-egel Tripneustes gratilla Toxopneustes pileolusPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsi ˌɝtʃɪ̈n/
Etymology
From sea + urchin (“hedgehog”), reflecting a similarity in appearance to a hedgehog.
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