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What (who) is echinus$511330$ - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Echinus (disambiguation); Echinos (polis)
Echinus
·noun A Hedgehog.
II. Echinus ·noun A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe.
III. Echinus ·noun The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. ·see ·Illust. of Column.
IV. Echinus ·noun The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. ·see Entablature.
V. Echinus ·noun A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin.
echinus
[?'k??n?s]
¦ noun Architecture a rounded moulding below an abacus on a Doric or Ionic capital.
Origin
ME: via L. from Gk ekhinos 'hedgehog, sea urchin'.
Echinus gilchristi
SPECIES OF SEA URCHIN
Echinus hirsutus; Echinus hirsuta; Echinus gilchristi hirsutus
Echinus gilchristi, common name Gilchrist's sea urchin, is a species of marine invertebrate in the Echinidae family that usually grows to a diameter of 10 cm.
Wikipedia
Echinus
Echinus may refer to:
- Echinus (Acarnania), a town in ancient Acarnania, Greece
- Echinus (Thessaly), a town in ancient Thessaly, Greece; also a Roman Catholic titular bishopric
- Echinus (molding), a molding similar to the ovolo
- Echinus (sea urchin), a genus of animals
- Echinus (plant), a synonym for the plant genus Mallotus
