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ECHINUS (echini)
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Irregular inflected form: echini
Dictionary entry overview: What does echinus mean?
• ECHINUS (noun)
The noun ECHINUS has 1 sense:
1. ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column
Familiarity information: ECHINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("echinus" is a kind of...):
ovolo; quarter round; thumb (a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse)
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