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echino-

echino- prefix: forming compound terms denoting something prickly or, specifically, indicating the sea urchin.

Prefix

echino-

  1. Forming compound terms denoting something prickly or, specifically, indicating the sea urchin.

Origin of echino-

From combining form of Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”).

Questions about echino-

What does echino- mean?
Echino- means forming compound terms denoting something prickly or, specifically, indicating the sea urchin.
What part of speech is echino-?
Echino- is a prefix.

Words near echino- in the dictionary

  1. echinids
  2. echiniscid
  3. echinital
  4. echinite
  5. echinites
  6. echino-
  7. echinocandin
  8. echinocandins
  9. echinochrome
  10. echinochromes
  11. echinoclasterol

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