echino-


  1. a combining form meaning “prickly; spiny,” used in the formation of compound words: echinulate.

  2. 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
  1. indicating spiny or prickly: echinoderm

Origin of echino-

1
from New Latin, via Latin from Greek ekhinos sea urchin, hedgehog

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