Definition of urchin

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Urchin (n.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.

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Church :: Church (v. t.) To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women..
Urchin :: Urchin (n.) One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog..
Spatangus :: Spatangus (n.) A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea.
Tangle :: Tangle (v.) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea..
Echinus :: Echinus (n.) A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe..
Siphon :: Siphon (n.) A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids.
Echinus :: Echinus (n.) 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..
Galerite :: Galerite (n.) A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites.
Sea Urchin :: Sea urchin () Any one of numerous species of echinoderms of the order Echinoidea.
Urchin :: Urchin (n.) A hedgehog.
Urchin :: Urchin (n.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
Urchin :: Urchin (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing.
Regularia :: Regularia (n. pl.) A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins..
Elfin :: Elfin (n.) A little elf or urchin.
Piper :: Piper (n.) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts..
Repkie :: Repkie (n.) Any edible sea urchin.
Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or destroying stone; -- applied to various animals which make burrows in stone, as many bivalve mollusks, certain sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. See Lithodomus..
Urchin :: Urchin (n.) A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.
Pluteus :: Pluteus (n.) The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods..
Tow-head :: Tow-head (n.) An urchin who has soft, whitish hair..
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