This echinus is a model, a prototype, of the world. From Wordnik.com. [When The World Screamed]
Would the echinus ever be aware of their existence? '. From Wordnik.com. [When The World Screamed]
'The old man may not be so far out with his blessed echinus.'. From Wordnik.com. [When The World Screamed]
"Charity you are an echinus; harmless and pleasing to look at but very prickly.". From Wordnik.com. [Two Weeks To Remember]
Raw echinus (“kier-bang”), saline and tonic, would clear the palate for succeeding delicacies. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
The projection of the echinus beyond the fillet of the abacus should be equal to the size of the eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Yet the echinus can have, at the best, none but the most distant genetic relationship with the Polyzoa. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
Connected with this is the ‘echinus’ (or many-plies), rough inside and laminated, and of about the same size as the reticulum. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
The pedicellariæ of the echinus have been already spoken of, and the difficulty as to their origin from minute, fortuitous, indefinite variations has been stated. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
The beak opens and shuts at intervals, like the jaws of the pedicellariæ of the echinus, and there is altogether, in general principle, a remarkable similarity between the structures. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
However, some of the species of succulent shrubs have a scattered distribution in the northern part of this ecoregion, most notably Euphorbia regis-jubae, E. echinus, and Senecio anteuphorbium. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantic coastal desert] Reference
"It is an echinus -- a sea-urchin," Tom said triumphantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Firm of Girdlestone] Reference
Others have acquired hard or armed shells, as the tortoise and the echinus marinus. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
Hassan and Karnak; these had a plain square abacus, with sometimes a cushion-like echinus beneath it. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised] Reference
If I was to bend round the rays of the starfish and fill up the interior, I could produce an animal very like the echinus. From Wordnik.com. [Ernest Bracebridge School Days] Reference
‘enystrum’ (or abomasum), larger an longer than the echinus, furnished inside with numerous folds or ridges, large and smooth. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
"Cheenus," from the old Greek word echinus. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Lensman]
Portions of lucinae, echinus, spatangi, and turritella or melania, were comprised in specimens from a softer stratum which was the lowest.). From Wordnik.com. [Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2] Reference
Then, taking the echinus in his hand, -- "These two fellows are first cousins, very nearly related, though you may not be inclined to believe the fact. From Wordnik.com. [Ernest Bracebridge School Days] Reference
M. echinus (hedgehog-like); Fig. 59. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
Again we turn to our little friend the echinus. From Wordnik.com. [When The World Screamed]
Let us then regard the world as a huge echinus. From Wordnik.com. [When The World Screamed]
A quarter of height), and the bold parabolic curve of the echinus moulding under the abacus of its cap. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
"What's an echinus?". From Wordnik.com. [Two Weeks To Remember]
108. — echinus Ciooabari infedus. .i. From Wordnik.com. [A. Persii Flacci et Dec. Jun. Juvenalis satirae: Ad optimas editiones ...] Reference
'It is a sea-urchin -- a common echinus. From Wordnik.com. [When The World Screamed]
The mussel, kupang (mytilus), rimis (donax), kapang (Teredo navalis), seaegg, bulu babi (echinus), bia papeda (nautilus), ruma gorita. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants] Reference
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