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ˈsea-ˌurchin
1. An animal of the genus Echinus (see echinus 1) or the order Echinoidea.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. v. 382 What stile can worthily declare (O! Galley-Fish,..and Sea-Urchin) your dexterity In Sailor's Art. 1681Grew Musæum i. §vi. i. 139 The round Sea-Urchin or Button-Fish. Echinus orbicularis. Ibid., The Great Oval Sea-Urchin. Echinometra Aristotelis. 1704Petiver Gazophyl. iv. 36 Mr. James Cuninghame found this elegant Sea Urchin on the Coast of China. 1896tr. Boas' Text-bk. Zool. 134 In some Sea-urchins the body is almost spherical.
¶2. Humorously applied to a young sailor.
1824W. Irving T. Trav. (1850) 414 The domineering spirit of this boisterous sea-urchin at length grew quite intolerable. |