Definition of urchin

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Urchin (n.) A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.

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Paleechinoidea :: Paleechinoidea (n. pl.) An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also Palaeechini.
Coronal :: Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin.
Regularia :: Regularia (n. pl.) A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins..
Urchin :: Urchin (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing.
Clypeastroid :: Clypeastroid (a.) Like or related to the genus Clupeaster; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side..
Regular :: Regular (a.) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin..
Echinus :: Echinus (n.) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin..
Church :: Church (v. t.) To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women..
Urchin :: Urchin (n.) A hedgehog.
Sea Hedgehog :: Sea hedgehog () A sea urchin.
Semita :: Semita (n.) A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.
Urchin :: Urchin (n.) A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.
Aristotle's Lantern :: Aristotle's lantern () The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.
Spatangus :: Spatangus (n.) A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea.
Sphaeridium :: Sphaeridium (n.) A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an olfactory organ..
Churching :: Churching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Churc.
Jewstone :: Jewstone (n.) A large clavate spine of a fossil sea urchin.
Elfin :: Elfin (n.) A little elf or urchin.
Turban-shell :: Turban-shell (n.) A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.
Siphon :: Siphon (n.) A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids.
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