echino-
a combining form meaning “prickly; spiny,” used in the formation of compound words: echinulate.
a combining form representing echinoderm in compound words: echinoid.
- Also called echin-.
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How to use echino- in a sentence
The word Cidaris is, however, already in use for a genus of Echin.
A Conchological Manual | George Brettingham Sowerby
British Dictionary definitions for echino-
echino-
combining form
indicating spiny or prickly: echinoderm
Origin of echino-
1from New Latin, via Latin from Greek ekhinos sea urchin, hedgehog
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