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Meaning of Echinoderm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ɪˈkaɪnə(ʊ)ˌdɜːm

Definitions

An animal of the phylum Echinodermata, comprising radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine animals including seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars.

Equivalents

العربية شوكي
Català equinoderm
Čeština ostnokožec
Deutsch Stachelhäuter
Ελληνικά εχινόδερμο
Español equinodermo
Français échinoderme
Íslenska skrápdýr
日本語 棘皮動物
한국어 극피동물
Te Reo Māori kiri taratara kiritaratara
Polski szkarłupień
Português equinodermo
Русский иглоко́жее
Slovenščina iglokožec
Svenska tagghuding
Tagalog tinikan

Examples

“Comparatively few additions were therefore made to the previously known Echinoderm-fauna of Brazil, only a single species, a Leptasterias, being with certainty new to science.”
“Many echinoderms are still bilateral as larvae, and swim freely in the ocean like baby fish.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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