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e|chi|no|derm
e|chi|no|derm «ih KY nuh durm, EHK uh-», noun.
any one of a group of small sea animals including starfish and sea urchins. An echinoderm has a spiny, stony shell and a body whose parts are arranged like the spokes of a wheel.
[< New Latin Echinodermata the phylum name < Greek echînos sea urchin, (originally) hedgehog + dérma, -atos skin]

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