Spatangus

noun

Spa·​tan·​gus

spəˈtaŋgəs

: an ill-defined genus (the type of the family Spantangidae) of sea urchins including many of the commonest and best-known heart urchins

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek spatangēs, a kind of sea urchin

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