echinus C2 Topic:Animals US /ɪˈkaɪnəs/ UK /ɪˈkaɪnəs/ See IPA manual Freq #505540 Meanings 1 noun a sea urchin, especially one described by the older zoological name Echinus The naturalist placed the living echinus in a shallow tray of seawater. 2 noun architecture: the rounded convex molding beneath the abacus of a classical capital, especially in the Doric order The restored column preserved the broad curve of its Doric echinus. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a sea urchin, especially... sea urchin 2 noun · architecture: the rounded... ovolo molding Word family Related forms EchinoideaechinodermDoric orderabacus Etymology Borrowed from Latin echinus, 'hedgehog or sea urchin,' from Greek ekhinos with the same senses. Architects applied the rounded, swelling shape to a molding in a classical capital. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # echinus **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪˈkaɪnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪˈkaɪnəs/ **Frequency rank:** 505540 ## Meanings 1. a sea urchin, especially one described by the older zoological name Echinus 2. architecture: the rounded convex molding beneath the abacus of a classical capital, especially in the Doric order ## Examples - The naturalist placed the living echinus in a shallow tray of seawater. - The restored column preserved the broad curve of its Doric echinus. ## Synonyms - sea urchin - ovolo molding ## Related Forms - Echinoidea - echinoderm - Doric order - abacus ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin echinus, 'hedgehog or sea urchin,' from Greek ekhinos with the same senses. Architects applied the rounded, swelling shape to a molding in a classical capital. ## Topics - Animals markdown