| echino- or (before a vowel) echin- | |
| —combining form | |
| indicating spiny or prickly: echinoderm | |
| [from New Latin, via Latin from Greek ekhinos sea urchin, hedgehog] | |
| echin- or (before a vowel) echin- | |
| —combining form | |
| [from New Latin, via Latin from Greek ekhinos sea urchin, hedgehog] | |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
echino- or echin-
pref.
Spiny: echinococcosis.