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urchin
[ ur-chin ]
noun
- a mischievous boy.
Synonyms: ,
- any small boy or youngster.
- either of two small rollers covered with card clothing used in conjunction with the cylinder in carding.
- Chiefly British Dialect. a hedgehog.
- Obsolete. an elf or mischievous sprite.
urchin
/ ˈɜ˳Ùʃɪ²Ô /
noun
- a mischievous roguish child, esp one who is young, small, or raggedly dressed
- an archaic or dialect name for a hedgehog
- either of the two cylinders in a carding machine that are covered with carding cloth
- obsolete.an elf or sprite
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of urchin1
Example Sentences
I dreamed of preparing sea urchins with a “sous chef†boyfriend; he didn’t cook, and his palate was from the kids menu.
The self-declared "fossil geek" said he came across some unusual-looking fragments which turned out to be pieces of sea lily - an underwater species related to starfish and sea urchins - in a piece of chalk.
But tuna was not the only catch on offer on Sunday, with Hokkaido sea urchins also fetching a record-breaking 7m yen according to the Japan Times.
Not to mention, you could step on a stingray or a sea urchin.
The spike proteins are the little points that emerge out of the coronavirus, like spines jutting from a sea urchin, and the SARS-CoV-2 virus uses them to infect a patient's cells.
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