ARISTOTLE'S LANTERN


Meaning of ARISTOTLE'S LANTERN in English

Zool.

a complex arrangement of muscles and calcareous teeth and plates forming an eversible organ in most echinoids, functioning in mastication.

[ so called from a reference by Aristotle to a sea urchin resembling in shape certain lanterns ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .