Sea Urchin Definition

noun
Any of various orders of echinoid echinoderms having a somewhat globular body of fused skeletal plates studded with long, calcareous, movable spines.
Webster's New World
Attributive form of sea urchin.
Sea-urchin look.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Sea Urchin

Noun

Singular:
sea urchin
Plural:
sea-urchins

Origin of Sea Urchin

  • From sea + urchin (“hedgehog"). reflecting a similarity in appearance to the hedgehog.

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Sea Urchin Sentence Examples

  • This involves the use of a sea urchin cell free system, which can fully reconstitute envelope formation.

  • The fossil of a sea urchin found in Middlesex is said to be 70 million years ord.

  • Chris has been disastrously affected by altitude, Jeremy by the stubborn sea urchin spines.

  • The sun will help to further bleach and deodorize your shells should any sea urchin be hiding in the shell.

  • A Pret a Manger soy sauce bottle in the shape of a fish sits comfortably next to a fossilized sea urchin.

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