echinus 的定义
plural e·chi·ni [ih-kahy-nahy]. /ɪˈkaɪ naɪ/.
- any sea urchin of the genus Echinus.
- Architecture. an ovolo molding, especially one having an outline with several radii or one carved with an egg-and-dart pattern.the prominent circular molding supporting the abacus of a Doric or Tuscan capital.Also called cymatium. the circular molding, usually carved with an egg-and-dart pattern, forming part of an Ionic capital between the volutes and under the balteus.
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- In Echinus, on the other hand, where the polar bodies are formed in the ovary, the male pronucleus is always small.
- Echinus (e-kīnus), in architecture, the ovolo or quarter-round convex moulding, seen in capitals of the Doric order.
- Boveri has crossed Echinus microtuberculatus with Sphaerechinus granularis.
- Yet the echinus can have, at the best, none but the most distant genetic relationship with the Polyzoa.
- The second class is that to which the sea-urchin, or Echinus, belongs, of which there are many genera and species.