sea urchin
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sea urchin
- /ˈsi ˌɝtʃɪ̈n/ US
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From sea + urchin (“hedgehog”), reflecting a similarity in appearance to a hedgehog.
noun sea urchins
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Any of many marine echinoderms, of the class Echinoidea, commonly found in shallow water, having a complex chewing structure named Aristotle's lantern.
1986, Patrick S. Leahy, Chapter 1: Laboratory Culture of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Adults, Embryos, and Larvae, Thomas E. Schroeder (editor), Methods in Cell Biology, Volume 27: Echinoderm Gametes and Embryos, page 2,
Of the many species of sea urchins utilized in biological research today the m
Similar: button fish, sea chestnut, sea egg, sea hedgehog
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noun any of many marine echinoderms of the class Echinoidea
| Español | erizo de mar, erizo marino |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 성게 seongge |
| 日本語 | 海胆 uni, 雲丹 uni |
| 中文 | 海膽 /海胆 hǎidǎn |
| हिन्दी | जलसाही jalsāhī |
| Português | ouriço-do-mar |
| Français | oursin, hérisson de mer |
| Deutsch | Seeigel |
| Italiano | riccio di mare |
| Ελληνικά | αχινός achinós |
| Română | arici de mare |
| Русский | морско́й ёж morskój jož, ёж-ры́ба jož-rýba |
| Tiếng Việt | cầu gai, nhím biển, nhum, nhum biển |
| العربية | قُنْفُذ البَحْر qunfuḏ al-baḥr |
| עברית | קִיפּוֹד יָם kipod yam |
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