echinus

Meaning of echinus

noun
  1. A sea urchin.
  2. The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.
  3. The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.
  4. The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.

Information about echinus

  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of echinus

ech-i-nus

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
  • echinus is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with echinus

Ainus, ainus, Albinus, scabinus, Circinus, Gecarcinus, Orcinus, Ricinus, Socinus, acinus, carcinus, circinus, orcinus, ricinus, thylacinus, uncinus, Mercedinus, Muscardinus, dinus, muscardinus, Puffinus, puffinus, Erginus, Hyginus, Longinus, Maginus, Seginus, Blanchinus, Brachinus, Burhinus, Carcharhinus, Cetorhinus, Conorhinus, Delphinus, Echinorhinus, Galeorhinus, Macrorhinus, Megarhinus, Melonechinus, Schinus, Scylliorhinus, Trachinus, brachinus, burhinus, callorhinus, carcharhinus, cetorhinus, decarhinus, delphinus, galeorhinus

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