echinus
echinus noun. [ɪ'kʌɪnǝs] Pl. -ni [-nʌɪ].
Irregular Forms: (pl) echini
خارپوست دریایی، بلوط دریایی، معماری: بالشتکی
echinus noun.
[ɪ'kʌɪnǝs] Pl. -ni
[-nʌɪ].
LME.[Latin from Greek ekhinos hedgehog, sea urchin. The origin of sense 2 (also in Latin & Greek) is unkn.]1. A sea urchin. Now
spec. a member of the genus
Echinus, which includes the common edible sea urchin
E. esculentus.
LME.2. Architecture. An ovolo moulding next below the abacus of a capital.
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