Echinus is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ECHINUS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a sea urchin, also ECHINOID
• a sea urchin.
• a rounded moulding below an abacus on a Doric or Ionic capital.
• ovolo moulding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column
• A hedgehog.
• A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe.
• The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature.
• The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column
• 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.
• ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• an echinoid

Words related to ECHINUS

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Words that contain ECHINUS

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How to use ECHINUS in a sentence

• Drawing it to light, it proved to be an Echinus, Sea-Urchin, or Sea-Egg.
• This, though a less rational and expressive form for its particular office than is the echinus of the Doric cap, is a far more perfect symbol of the feminine element in nature.
• The small, greenish, rough-coated creature, so like a flattened burr, is an Echinus.

Similar words containing ECHINU without suffix s

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