n.1 any sea urchin of the genus Echinus, including the common European edible urchin, E. esculentus.
2 Archit. a rounded moulding below an abacus on a Doric or Ionic capital.
Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk ekhinos hedgehog, sea urchin
n.1 any sea urchin of the genus Echinus, including the common European edible urchin, E. esculentus.
2 Archit. a rounded moulding below an abacus on a Doric or Ionic capital.
Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk ekhinos hedgehog, sea urchin
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012