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echinate definition

echi·nate (ek′i nāt′, e kī′nit)

adjective

covered with prickles; bristling, as a porcupine
also echinated ech′i·nat′ed

Etymology: L echinatus < echinus, echinus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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