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Sea urchin   Listen
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Sea urchin  n.  (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms of the order Echinoidea. Note: When living they are covered with movable spines which are often long and sharp.





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"Sea urchin" Quotes from Famous Books



... can be expressed most briefly: LOVE OF OFFSPRING. This principle of love of offspring seems to be a more or less general one in the whole realm of conscious living nature. That a tree could possess this no one would suggest; that a sea urchin could possess it no one would be likely to contend. It is probably possessed by all of those animals that are conscious of sacrifices; that is, if an animal is conscious of sacrifice he is capable of being conscious of ...
— The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction - Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male • Winfield S. Hall


Words linked to "Sea urchin" :   edible sea urchin, echinoderm, Echinus esculentus, sand dollar, heart urchin, Echinoidea, class Echinoidea


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