DEFINITIONS

echino-

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

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Words nearby echino-

echeverría, echeverría álvarez, echidna, echinacea, echinate, echino-, echinococcosis, echinococcus, echinococcus cyst, echinoderm, echinodermatous
Also called echin-.
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British Dictionary definitions for echino-

echino-

before a vowel echin-

combining form

indicating spiny or pricklyechinoderm

Word Origin for echino-

from New Latin, via Latin from Greek ekhinos sea urchin, hedgehog
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Medicine definitions for echino-

echino-

pref.

Spiny:echinococcosis.
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