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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
echinus /ɪˈkʌɪnəs/

▶noun Architecture a rounded moulding below an abacus on a Doric or Ionic capital.

– origin ME: via L. from Gk ekhinos ‘hedgehog, sea urchin’.

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