spatangina

spatangina
\\ˌspatənˈjīnə, -jēnə\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Spatangus + -ina
: a suborder of sea urchins (order Exocyloida) comprising numerous more or less flattened approximately heart-shaped sea urchins that exhibit considerable secondary bilateral symmetry — compare clypeastrina

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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