Lexicographical Neighbors of Echini
Literary usage of Echini
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1881)
"In the elaborate work of Agassiz on the echini there is a chapter on ... I find
also on looking through the works of the greatest modern writers on echini, ..."
2. Two Years in the Jungle: The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India by William Temple Hornaday (1885)
"How to Clean and Preserve echini.—The Gatherings of one Day.—The Fish Market—The
Colombo Museum and its Director.—Native Taxidermists. ..."
3. Organic Remains of a Former World: An Examination of the Mineralized Remains by James Parkinson (1811)
"LETTER V. • SPINES OF echini ARRANGEMENT OF FOSSIL SPINES. IT so rarely happens,
except in some particular situations, and under some uncommon circumstances ..."
4. Aspects of Nature: In Different Lands and Different Climates; with by Alexander von Humboldt (1849)
"... feet above the sea, we found marine fossils (u) (Ammonites nearly fifteen
English, inches in diameter, the large Pecten alatus, oyster shells, echini, ..."
5. Tenby: A Sea-side Holiday by Philip Henry Gosse (1856)
"... Spines—On Suckers —Professor Agassiz on Locomotion in echini—Skeleton of P.
tridens—Its Beauty—P. ..."
6. Dictionary of Geology and Mineralogy: Comprising Such Terms in Botany by William Humble (1843)
"The crus- taceous coverings of animals, as of echini. crabs, lobsters, cray-fish,
&c., are composed of the same ingredients as bones ; but the proportion of ..."
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