SLATE-PENCIL SEA URCHIN

Meaning of SLATE-PENCIL SEA URCHIN in English

noun

: a large purple sea urchin ( Heterocentrotus mammillatus ) having stout heavy spines that resemble slate pencils

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URCHIN — gamino, pueracho, garsonacho
English interlingue dictionary
URCHIN — noun Etymology: Middle English yrchoun, urchoun, from Anglo-French heriçun, hirechoun, from Old French *eriz, from Latin ericius, from eris; akin …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SLATE — Fine-grained, clayey metamorphic rock that splits readily into thin slabs that have great tensile strength and durability. Some other rocks …
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SEA — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) sea parrot sea coot sea scorpion sea star seismic sea wave sea trout Southern …
Английский словарь Британика
URCHIN — I. ˈərchə̇n, ˈə̄ch-, ˈəich- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English urchin, urchon, hurcheoun, hirchoun hedgehog, from Middle French herichon, …
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SLATE — I. ˈslāt, usu -ād.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English slate, sclate, from Middle French esclate, from Old French, …
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SEA — I. ˈsē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English see, from Old English sǣ; akin to Old Frisian sē sea, …
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URCHIN — (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing.
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URCHIN — (n.) One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called …
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URCHIN — (n.) A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy.
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URCHIN — (n.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
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SLATE — (v. t.) To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a …
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URCHIN — ( n. ) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLATE — ( v. t. ) To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to …
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URCHIN — /err"chin/ , n. 1. a mischievous boy. 2. any small boy or youngster. 3. See sea urchin . 4. either …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLATE — slate 1 /slayt/ , n. , v. , slated, slating . n. 1. a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis …
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SEA — /see/ , n. 1. the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface. 2. a division of …
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URCHIN — n. mischievous child; hedgehog; sea urchin
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SLATE — I. ˈslāt noun Etymology: Middle English sclate, slate, from Anglo-French * esclat, from esclater to splinter, break off, of Germanic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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URCHIN — noun Etymology: Middle English yrchoun, urchoun, from Anglo-French heriçun, hirechoun, from Old French * eriz, from Latin ericius, from eris; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
URCHIN — adj rough; pricking; piercing. 2. urchin ·noun a sea urchin. ·see sea urchin. 3. urchin ·noun a hedgehog. 4. urchin …
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SLATE — vt a tablet for writing upon. 2. slate ·vt a prepared piece of such stone. 3. slate ·vt a thin …
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SEA — noun fig.: anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory. 2. sea ·noun a great brazen laver …
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PENCIL — noun a small medicated bougie. 2. pencil ·vt to write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw. …
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URCHIN — [ur.chin] n [ME, fr. MF herichon, hericon, fr. (assumed) OF eriz, fr. L ericius, fr. eris; akin to Gk cher …
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SLATE — [slate] n [ME, fr. MF esclat splinter] (14c) 1: a piece of construction material (as laminated rock) prepared as a …
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SEA — [sea] n [ME see, fr. OE sae; akin to OHG se sea, Goth saiws] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a great …
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URCHIN — any of several marine invertebrates of the class Echinoidea (phylum Echinodermata), including the cake urchin, heart urchin, and sea urchin …
Britannica English vocabulary
SLATE — fine-grained, clayey metamorphic rock that cleaves, or splits, readily into thin slabs having great tensile strength and durability; some other …
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PENCIL — slender rod of a solid marking substance, such as graphite, enclosed in a cylinder of wood, metal, or plastic; used …
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URCHIN — urchin BrE AmE ˈɜːtʃ ɪn § - ə n AmE ˈɝːtʃ ə n ▷ urchin|s z
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SEA — sea BrE AmE siː (= see) ▷ seas siːz ▶ ˈ sea a ˌ nemone BrE AmE ▶ ˈ sea …
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PENCIL — pencil BrE AmE ˈpen t s ə l -ɪl ▷ pencil|ed, ~led d ▷ pencil|ing, ~ling ɪŋ ▷ pencil|s z …
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URCHIN — / ˈɜːtʃɪn; NAmE ˈɜːrtʃɪn/ noun 1. ( old-fashioned ) a young child who is poor and dirty, often one who …
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SLATE — / sleɪt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a type of dark grey stone that …
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SEA — / siː; NAmE / noun 1. (often the sea ) [ U ] (also literary seas [ pl. ]) ( …
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URCHIN — ur ‧ chin /ˈɜːtʃən, ˈɜːtʃɪn $ ˈɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: urchin 'hedgehog' (13-20 centuries) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLATE — I. slate 1 /sleɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: esclat 'thin piece split …
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SEA — sea S2 W1 /siː/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sæ ] 1 . [uncountable and countable] …
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URCHIN — n. 1 a mischievous child, esp. young and raggedly dressed. 2 = sea urchin. 3 archaic a a hedgehog. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLATE — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 a fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into flat smooth plates. …
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URCHIN — n. 1 a mischievous child, esp. young and raggedly dressed. 2 = sea urchin. 3 archaic a a hedgehog. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLATE — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into flat smooth plates. …
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SEA
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URCHIN — n.1 a mischievous child, esp. young and raggedly dressed. 2 sea urchin. 3 archaic a a hedgehog. b a goblin. …
Oxford English vocab
SLATE — n., v., & adj. --n. 1. a fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into flat smooth plates. …
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SEA
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URCHIN — ( urchins) An urchin is a young child who is dirty and poorly dressed. ( OLD-FASHIONED ) We were in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLATE — ( slates, slating, slated) 1. Slate is a dark grey rock that can be easily split into thin layers. Slate …
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SEA — ( seas) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The sea is the …
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PENCIL — ( pencils, pencilling, pencilled) 1. A pencil is an object that you write or draw with. It consists of a …
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URCHIN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES sea urchin COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN egg ▪ But such a mechanism would not …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLATE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a slate roof (= covered with thin pieces of a grey rock ) COLLOCATIONS …
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SEA
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