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echinid Zool.|ɪˈkaɪnɪd|
[mod. f. Gr. ἐχῖν-ος sea-urchin + -id; cf. F. échinide.]
Any member of the Echinus family. As pl. mod.L. eˈchinida is often used; also eˈchinidans in same sense.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. vi. 209 The most powerful..organs with which the Creator has gifted the Echinidans are their jaws and teeth. 1851Richardson Geol. 225 Echinida have a globular ovoid or depressed body without rays. 1887Athenæum 5 Feb. 194/2 The echinids, asterids, and holothurids have sprung from a common primitive form. |