Centrechinus

noun

Cen·​tre·​chi·​nus

ˌsen‧trēˈkīnəs

: a widely distributed genus of tropical reef-dwelling black sea urchins having slender poisonous spines

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from centr- + Echinus

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