Found 1 hit - Term: urchin fish, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
urchin \ur"chin\ ^u"chi^n, n. oe. urchon, irchon, a
hedgehog, of. ire,con, eri,con, heri,con, herichon, f.
h'erisson, a derivative fr. l. ericius, from er a hedgehog,
for her; akin to gr. chh`r. cf. herisson.
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1. zool. a hedgehog.
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2. zool. a sea urchin. see sea urchin.
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3. a mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a
hedgehog. "we 'll dress them like urchins, ouphes, and
fairies." --shak.
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4. a pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a
boy.
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and the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes
forever on watch ran off each with a prize. --w.
howitt.
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you did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but
where's the girl that won't dissemble for an
husband? --goldsmith.
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5. one of a pair in a series of small card cylinders,
arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its
fancied resemblance to the hedgehog. --knight.
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urchin fish zool., a diodon.
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see also:
herisson sea urchin urchin fish
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