as in monkey
an appealingly mischievous person
we could never resist the little urchin's pleas for candy
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Recent Examples of urchin
The tide pools here teem with marine life, from anemones to urchins.
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Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
Back on the boat, the urchins’ spines tickled the air like alien antennae.
—Jaime Lowe, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2024
The urchins feed on harmful algae that thrive in warmer waters and can harm coral.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
In a non-descript industrial complex, the center's large fiberglass aquariums each hold coral ecosystems, complete with small fish that provide critical nutrients, urchins and other sea life to simulate life underwater.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
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Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
Back on the boat, the urchins’ spines tickled the air like alien antennae.
—Jaime Lowe, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2024
The urchins feed on harmful algae that thrive in warmer waters and can harm coral.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
In a non-descript industrial complex, the center's large fiberglass aquariums each hold coral ecosystems, complete with small fish that provide critical nutrients, urchins and other sea life to simulate life underwater.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Urchin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urchin. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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