Definitions for echinusɪˈkaɪ nəs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
e•chi•nus*ɪˈkaɪ nəs(n.)(pl.)-ni
Category: Invertebrates
Ref: sea urchin.
the prominent convex circular molding supporting the abacus of the capital of a Doric column. any similar ovolo molding, often carved with an egg-and-dart pattern, as one on an Ionic capital.
Category: Architecture
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Origin of echinus:
1325–75; ME < L < Gk echînos hedgehog, sea urchin
Princeton's WordNet
echinus(noun)
ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column
Webster Dictionary
Echinus(noun)
a hedgehog
Echinus(noun)
a genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe
Echinus(noun)
the rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature
Echinus(noun)
the quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column
Echinus(noun)
a name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin
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