Meaning of sea urchin | Babel Free
ˈsi ˌɝtʃɪ̈nDefinitions
Any of many marine echinoderms, of the class Echinoidea, commonly found in shallow water, having a complex chewing structure named Aristotle's lantern.
Equivalents
العربية
قنفذ البحر
Azərbaycanca
dənizkirpisi
Cymraeg
môr-ddraenog
Dansk
søpindsvin
Deutsch
Seeigel
Euskara
itsas triku
Suomi
merisiili
Gaeilge
cuán mara
Íslenska
ígulker
Italiano
riccio di mare
한국어
성게
Latina
echinus
Lëtzebuergesch
Séiigel
Македонски
морски еж
മലയാളം
കടൽച്ചേന
Bahasa Melayu
landak laut
Malti
rizza
Nederlands
zee-egel
Polski
jeżowiec
Português
ouriço-do-mar
Svenska
sjöborre
Türkçe
denizkestanesi
Українська
морський їжак
Examples
“1986, Patrick S. Leahy, Chapter 1: Laboratory Culture of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Adults, Embryos, and Larvae, Thomas E. Schroeder (editor), Methods in Cell Biology, Volume 27: Echinoderm Gametes and Embryos, page 2, Of the many species of sea urchins utilized in biological research⟳ today the most widely used in North America is probably the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.”
“The pericentriolar radial complex characteristic of the spermatozoa of other echinoderms is lacking in the spermatozoa of all sea urchins.”
“Approximately 20% of sea urchins are direct-developers, meaning that they bypass the pluteal larval stage⟳ and develop⟳ directly into an adult sea urchin.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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