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Webster 1913 Edition

Spatangus

‖

Spa-tan′gus

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. L.

spatangius

a kind of sea urchin, Gr. [GREEK].]

(Zool.)

A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the

Spatangoidea

.

Definition 2024

Spatangus

Spatangus

Translingual

Spatangus purpureus

Proper noun

Spatangus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Spatangidae – certain heart urchins.

Hyponyms

(genus): Spatangus purpureus (type species); Spatangus brissus, Spatangus capensis, Spatangus inermis, Spatangus lutkeni, Spatangus mathesoni, Spatangus multispinus, Spatangus raschi, Spatangus savignyi (species)