echinidn.
/ɪˈkʌɪnɪd/ Zoology.
Any member of the Echinus family. As plural modern Latin eˈchinida is often used; eˈchinidans n. in same sense.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Echinoidea > member of (sea-urchin)
echinusc1374
urchin fish1566
ruffe1591
sea-hedgehog1598
urchin1601
sea urchin1605
sea-bear1611
sea-chestnut1613
sea-thistle1661
sea-apple1666
sea-egg1666
button-fish1668
sea-button1668
urchin-worm1668
whore's egg1674
sea-shilling1713
echinite1750
echinid1835
pancake1843
echinoid1864
oursin1914
kina1960
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. vi. 209 The most powerful..organs with which the Creator has gifted the Echinidans are their jaws and teeth.
1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) 225 Echinida have a globular ovoid or depressed body without rays.
1887 Athenæum 5 Feb. 194/2 The echinids, asterids, and holothurids have sprung from a common primitive form.
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