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sand dollar

–noun
any of various flat, disklike sea urchins, as Mellita testudinata or Echinarachnius parma, that live on sandy bottoms off the coasts of the U.S.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism
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sand dollar  
n.  
  1. Any of various thin circular echinoderms of the class Echinoidea, especially Echinarachnius parma, of coastal northern Atlantic and Pacific waters, having a covering of short movable spines.

  2. The disklike internal skeleton of a sand dollar, having five radially symmetric oblong markings and often a pattern of slotlike holes.

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