sea urchin

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈsi ˌɝtʃɪ̈n/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of many marine echinoderms, of the class Echinoidea, commonly found in shallow water, having a complex chewing structure named Aristotle's lantern.
    — 1986, Patrick S. Leahy, Chapter 1: Laboratory Culture of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Adults, Embryos, and Larvae, Thomas E. Schroeder (editor), Methods in Cell Biology, Volume 27: Echinoderm Gametes and Embryos, page 2, Of the many species of sea urchins utilized in biological research today the most widely used in North America is probably the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

词形变化

sea urchins plural

词源

From sea + urchin (“hedgehog”), reflecting a similarity in appearance to a hedgehog.
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