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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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Also called echin-.

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How to use echino- in a sentence

With what pleasure I counted the yellow blossoms of the echino-cactus!
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
Ars varia vulpis, ast una echino maxima—The fox has many tricks; the hedgehog only one, and that greatest of all.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
In crossing the table-top, we stumbled upon huge echino-cacti, that grew over the ground like ant-hills or gigantic bee-hives.
The War Trail|Mayne Reid

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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Medical definitions for echino-

echino-

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Spiny:echinococcosis.