Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

echinacean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: echi-nacean
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any sea urchin of the superorder Echinacea.

Example Sentences

"The echinaceans range from Late Triassic to present-day and are all regular echinoids, with more complex structures than occur in the diademataceans."

Inflected Forms

echinaceans (plural)

Questions

What does echinacean mean?: Any sea urchin of the superorder Echinacea.

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