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Word: Echinus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek ekhinos ‘hedgehog, sea urchin’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪˈkʌɪnəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a sea urchin.
Short Definition:sea urchin
Definition:
a rounded moulding below an abacus on a Doric or Ionic capital.
Short Definition:rounded moulding below abacus on Doric or Ionic capital
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