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Definition of Echinus

Echinus
Echinus E*chi"nus, n.; pl. Echini. [L., a hedgehog, sea urchin, Gr. ?.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A hedgehog. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe. 3. (Arch.) (a) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature. (b) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column (c) 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.

Meaning of Echinus from wikipedia

- up Echinus or echinus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Echinus may refer to: Echinus (Acarnania), a town in ancient Acarnania, Greece Echinus (Thessaly)...
- strategy. † Echinus coglesi (Cotteau, 1880) † Echinus dixoni Forbes, 1852 † Echinus etheridgei A. Bell, 1898 † Echinus lamarcki Forbes, 1852 † Echinus multicostatus...
- Echinus or Echinos (Gr****: Εχῖνος) was an ancient Gr**** town of Acarnania. Legend has it that it was founded by a Gr**** mythological figure named Echinus...
- Nipponotrophon echinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Nipponotrophon echinus (Dall...
- April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022. Phillips, J. P. (1965). "Kepler's Echinus". Isis. 56 (2): 196–200. doi:10.1086/349957. ISSN 0021-1753. JSTOR 227915...
- Synonyms Echinus (Toxopneustes) lividus (Lamarck, 1816) Echinus lithophagus Leach, in Tilloch, 1812 Echinus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) Echinus purpureus...
- Coryphantha echinus is a species of cactus known by the common names of sea urchin cactus, hedgehog Cory cactus or rhinoceros cactus. C. echinus is found...
- ove, échine, quart de rond; Lat. echinus... [as used] in architecture, [for] a convex moulding known also as the echinus, which in classic architecture...
- Antechinus (/æntɪˈkaɪnəs/ ('ant-echinus')) is a genus of small dasyurid marsupial endemic to Australia. They resemble mice with the bristly fur of shrews...
- Talanites echinus is a species of ground spider in the family Gnaphosidae. It is found in the United States. "Talanites echinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic...