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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.



echino-

combining_form

  1. indicating spiny or prickly

    echinoderm

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of echino-1

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

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