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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)...
- doi:10.1023/A:1014553010711. S2CID 30962276. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Echinus esculentus. Photos of Echinus esculentus on Sealife Collection...
- 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...
- Synonyms Echinus (Toxopneustes) lividus (Lamarck, 1816) Echinus lithophagus Leach, in Tilloch, 1812 Echinus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) Echinus purpureus...
- ove, échine, quart de rond; Lat. echinus... [as used] in architecture, [for] a convex moulding known also as the echinus, which in classic architecture...
- streams. Sundadanio echinus reaches a maximum size of 2.1 cm (0.83 in) standard length. Lumbantobing, D. (2019). "Sundadanio echinus". IUCN Red List of...
- 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...
- Acamptus echinus is a species of true weevil in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. It is found in North America. "Acamptus echinus Report"....
- Phrynidius echinus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Bates in 1880. It is known from Honduras, Guatemala, and Panama...