echin-

Variant of echino-

echino- definition

echino- (ē kī′nō, -nə; ek′i nō, -nə)

prickly, spiny echinoderm
also, before a vowel, echin-

Etymology: < Gr echinos, sea urchin, hedgehog: see echinus

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