HyperDic: sea_urchin

English > 1 sense of the expression sea urchin:
NOUNanimalsea urchinshallow-water echinoderms having soft bodies enclosed in thin spiny globular shells
English > sea urchin: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningshallow-water echinoderms having soft bodies enclosed in thin spiny globular shells.
Member ofEchinoidea, class Echinoideasea urchins and sand dollars
Narroweredible sea urchin, Echinus esculentusA sea urchin that can be eaten
heart urchinsea urchin having a heart-shaped body in a rigid spiny shell
sand dollarflattened disklike sea urchins that live on sandy bottoms
Broaderechinodermmarine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies
Spanishequino, erizo de mar
Catalaneriçó de mar

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